"Good move": BJP's Ramchander Rao as Telangana-Andhra CMs to meet Jal Shakti Minister over water issue

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 16 (ANI): Amid the rising tensions over the water issue between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the Chief Ministers of the two neighbouring states are set to meet Union Jal Shakti Minister CR Patil in Delhi on Wednesday.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader N Ramchander Rao said that it was a good move by the centre since it would help resolve the water issue amicably.
The meeting, scheduled for 2.30 pm, holds significance against the backdrop of renewed tensions between the two states over water sharing, particularly following Andhra Pradesh's announcement of the Polavaram-Banakacherla project..
Although Andhra Pradesh has been demanding a discussion on the Banakacharla project, Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has said no to the same.
Speaking on the issue, Telangana BJP President Rao said, "The Chief Ministers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh will be meeting the Union Jal Shakti Minister CR Patil, and they are going to discuss the water issues. It is a good move by the central government to call both the CMs. I hope that the water issue will be solved amicably and no injustice will be done to any state."
Both the Chief Ministers, Chandrababu Naidu of Andhra Pradesh and Reddy, have previously expressed their willingness to resolve the issue through dialogue.
Earlier on Wednesday, Telangana Irrigation, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Capt. N Uttam Kumar Reddy said the Congress government in Telangana would persist with its legal, technical, and administrative battle to reclaim the state's rightful share of the Krishna River waters.
He accused the previous BRS regime of betraying Telangana's long-term interests by compromising with Andhra Pradesh, allowing large-scale water diversion, engineering failures, and financial mismanagement.
According to a statement, the Minister delivered two detailed PowerPoint presentations at Jyotirao Phule Praja Bhavan - one on the illegal diversion of Krishna River waters to Andhra Pradesh and the other on the disastrous consequences of relocating the originally sanctioned Dr B.R. Ambedkar Pranahita-Chevella Sujala Sravanthi (PCSS) project to Medigadda under the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme.
He stated that the previous Telangana government accepted unjust water-sharing ratios, initially agreeing to a 299:512 TMC formula in 2015 and later to a 34:66 ratio in 2017-18, which remained in effect until 2020. He alleged that the BRS government even wrote to KRMB stating that the 34:66 formula should continue "since no other basis exists". (ANI)