TS Govt asks AP not to impound water at Pulichintala
Hyderabad, Sept 16 (INN): The Government of Telangana has requested Government of Andhra Pradesh that water should not be impounded into Pulichintala project which is causing submergence of several villages in Nalgonda district and thereby causing misery to the inhabitants of these villages.
In a letter, Telangana Chief Secretary Dr.Rajiv Sharma informed his AP counterpart IYR Krishna Rao that Dr. KL Rao Sagar Pulichintala Project on river Krishna is a recently commissioned project before bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh with a total storage capacity of 45 TMC of water.
The letter says that the part of submergence under the reservoir is in Nalgonda district of Telangana state and the other part in Guntur district of AP state.
Dr.Rajiv Sharma said in the letter that in view of copious releases from Nagarjuna Sagar the water will be impounded in Pulichintala project. He pointed out that without providing resources for rehabilitation and resettlement of villages in Nalgonda district the state of Andhra Pradesh started impounding the water and due to this several villages of Nalgonda are submerged.
Dr. Rajiv Sharma requested the Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh to direct the concerned staff of Pulichintala not to impound water without completing rehabilitation and resettlement work in the district of Nalgonda.
In an identical letter, the Chief Secretary while bringing it to the notice has also requested Alok Rawat, Secretary Water Resources, Govt. of India to direct the Govt. of AP not to go ahead with the impounding of water.
Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao spoke to Aditya Nath Das, Secretary Irrigation, Govt. of AP to resolve the issue. He also demanded to release compensation to the affected people due to submerging of villages.
News Posted: 16 September, 2014
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