Ask GRMB to withdraw agenda items, BRS urges MoJS
BRS leader T. Harish Rao has urged the Union Jal Shakti Ministry to intervene in the Godavari River Management Board's (GRMB) upcoming meeting. He argues that the board should withdraw agenda items that seek to review previously approved irrigation projects in Telangana, claiming such actions undermine federal authority.
Why it matters
Illustrates the ongoing inter-state water disputes and the tension between regional and central regulatory bodies in India.
Former minister and BRS Deputy Floor Leader in the Assembly T. Harish Rao has requested urgent intervention by the Centre under Section 85 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2014, to protect Telangana’s legitimate water interests since the agenda for the August 18 meeting of the Godavari River Management Board (GRMB) includes mostly A.P.’s objections against Telangana’s projects.
In a detailed representation made to Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Patil on Friday, Mr. Harish Rao requested the former to direct the GRMB to withdraw agenda items 18.3.1, 18.3.6 and 18.3.11 from the 18th meeting of the river board scheduled on August 18, stating the subjects seek to reopen and review statutory approvals already granted to several major irrigation projects in Telangana.
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