Vijayawada: The TS government’s failure to release water from the Nagarjunasagar project to AP till now is likely to ignite passions between the two states once again. The issue may also figure in the meeting between AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, scheduled for Friday.
While AP had released 9 tmc ft water from Srisailam about 10 days ago (6 tmc ft for AP and 3 tmc ft for Hyderabad) following directions of the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB), the TS irrigation department, which has control over the dam gates, has not yet released the water from Nagarjunasagar.
The wait is particularly agonising for the parched parts of the Krishna delta which is facing severe drinking water scarcity.
The water was supposed to reach Prakasam Barrage three days ago, but when the TS irrigation department did not release AP’s share of 6 tmc feet, the AP irrigation department took the issue to KRMB and the water resources ministry.
The told the apex bodies that at present, the water level at the Prakasam Barrage is only 3.3 feet, the lowest ever recorded.
