Hyderabad:Any hope of an early resolution to the dispute between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on who gets how much water from the Krishna have effectively been dashed by the Centre, which gave a one-year extension to the Krishna Waters Disputes Tribunal-II (KWDT-II) to submit its report and its decisions.
The Union ministry of jal shakti, in its orders on Friday, said the decision to extend the deadline for KWDT-II followed a request from the tribunal for the extension. This is the third extension that the tribunal has received. It was to submit its report in March 2024, but was given an extension till July 2025, and then again till July 2026. Following the latest extension, the tribunal must submit its report by July 31, 2027.
Telangana and AP have been battling out before the tribunal, staking claim on their shares of the total 811 tmc ft of water from the river that was the allocation for the erstwhile unified Andhra Pradesh. An ad-hoc arrangement following creation of Telangana saw the new state getting 299 tmc ft and residuary AP receiving 512 tmc ft, an arrangement that has generated a lot of political heat between the Congress and the BRS which have accused each other of betraying Telangana’s interests.
Telangana subsequently adopted a tougher stand arguing before the tribunal that it should get at least 50 per cent of the river’s water but later also said that its rightful share should be 70 per cent of the water, which comes to 577 tmc ft out of the 811 TMCft total allocation for the two states.
Friday’s decision by the jal shakti ministry now means the both Telangana and AP will have to wait to find out who gets what eventually when the final report is submitted by KWDT-II to the Centre.
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