BRS wants CM, Irrigation Minister to protect interests of Telangana’s river water rights in Delhi

Ahead of Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s New Delhi visit and his plan to meet the Prime Minister and other key functionaries of the Union Government on Sunday, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) cautioned the Congress government against any attempts to mortgage Telangana’s river water rights to Andhra Pradesh and warned that the Opposition party won’t remain a mute spectator.

In a statement, senior leader of BRS and former Minister for Irrigation T. Harish Rao said on Saturday that they would build another people’s movement in case Mr. Revanth Reddy and Minister for Irrigation N. Uttam Kumar Reddy agreed to A.P. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s plans of taking away Godavari water as exploitation of Krishna by A.P. was complete.

He sought to know whether the Chief Minister and Irrigation Minister would press the Prime Minister on Telangana’s river water rights or would they return having said nothing. “The State is being wronged on water from both sides, despite Telangana having legal entitlements,” he said.

He stated that Telangana was legally entitled to use 968 tmc ft of Godavari water and it was for the Congress government now to retain that right with a clear assurance from the Prime Minister that clearances would be given for every project linked to that entitlement.