Andhra Pradesh opposes RDS dam height

Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh government has written to the Central Water Commission, Central water resources ministry and the Karnataka state government complaining about the efforts of Karnataka government to increase the height of RDS dam.

AP irrigation minister Devineni Umamaheshwara Rao said, “Karnataka government had been increasing the height since 2005 when the TRS was also in the YSR-led Congress government and at that time they (TRS) did nothing to stop it. Now, when the situation has gone out of hands, the TRS is blaming us.”