Cong urges Karnataka to release water

Cong urges Karnataka to release water
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The main opposition Congress in the State on Monday urged the Karnataka government to release water from its reservoirs to meet the drinking water needs in the State.

Hyderabad: The main opposition Congress in the State on Monday urged the Karnataka government to release water from its reservoirs to meet the drinking water needs in the State.

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president N Uttam Kumar Reddy wrote a letter in this regard to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who also belongs to the Congress party.

"The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee resolved at its full executive committee meeting on Sunday to request the Karnataka government to release the drinking water in appropriate quantity, to overcome the shortage in the State now," Uttam Kumar Reddy said in the letter to Siddaramaiah.

The TRS government has already requested Karnataka to release 15 tmcft of water from Almatti-Narayanpur reservoir, to meet the drinking water needs. Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao had written a letter last week to his Karnataka counterpart M B Patil. Uttam Kumar Reddy thanked the Chief Minister of Karnataka for releasing water last year following a similar request.

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