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Vijayawada: YSRCP president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday accused Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu of failing to protect Andhra Pradesh's interests as Karnataka moves to raise the height of the Almatti Dam. Jagan said in a statement that the Karnataka Cabinet's approval to increase the dam height from 519 metre to 524.256 metre -- raising its storage capacity from 129.72 tmf ft to 279.72 tmc ft -- poses a serious threat to Andhra Pradesh's irrigation and drinking water needs. "Large areas ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Sep 13 (PTI) Accusing the previous BRS government of "failing" to secure Telangana's rightful share of Krishna river waters, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday directed legal experts and officials to present strong arguments before the Krishna Water Dispute Tribunal (KWDT) to claim 904 TMC of water. Reddy held a meeting with irrigation minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy, officials and legal experts ahead of Telangana's final arguments before the KWDT on September 23, 24 and 25. Du ...Read More >
Hyderabad: TheState government has decided to strengthen its arguments in support of its demand for 904 TMC of water from the Krishna river and thereby protect the state's rights before the KWDT- 2 (Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal) meeting from September 23. State Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy and an official team will attend the hearing in Delhi. At a high-level meeting on the government's preparedness to pitch for the state's fair share in Krishna water, Chief Minister A Revanth Red ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana govt is committed to safeguarding the state's rightful share of Krishna waters, declaring that not a single drop would be allowed to go waste.Irrigation minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy affirmed that the govt will ensure the maximum use of Krishna waters to meet irrigation, drinking, and industrial needs. He also announced that he would personally attend the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal (KWDT)-II hearing scheduled for Sept 23. While reviewing case preparations with senior ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Sep 13 (UNI) The Telangana Government has decided to put forth strong arguments before the Krishna Water Dispute Tribunal (KWDT -2) for its rightful share of 904 TMC of water of the Krishan river waters. The Chief Minister has ordered legal experts and irrigation engineering officials to make strong arguments before the Tribunal during the three-day hearing at New Delhi from September 23, ensuring Telangana gets its fair share of Krishna waters. Asserting that Telangana should not l ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Sep 13 (UNI) Telangana Irrigation Minister Capt. N. Uttam Kumar Reddy today confirmed that he would personally attend the crucial Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II (KWDT-II) hearings scheduled in New Delhi from September 23 to 25. Uttam who chaired a high-level review meeting at Jala Soudha with senior Supreme Court counsel C.S. Vaidyanathan and a team of legal and technical experts here, reiterated the Congress government's commitment to protecting Telangana's interests in the Kris ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 3 (ANI): In a major crackdown on narcotics smuggling, officers of the Airport Commissionerate, Mumbai Customs Zone-III, have seized 14.738 kgs of suspected NDPS hydroponic weed (marijuana) valued at approximately Rs 14.73 crore during operations on Sunday. The seizures were made across Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMI), resulting in the arrest of one passenger, as stated in the press release. The passenger was arrested under the provi ...Read More >
Vijayapura: For farmers in North Karnataka, the dream of raising the height of the Almatti Dam has been a decades-old aspiration. They see it as a lifeline for agriculture in a region constantly grappling with drought. However, just as the demand began to gather momentum again, fresh opposition from neighbouring Maharashtra has added a new political twist to this long-standing issue. The Karnataka government has been pushing to increase the height of the Lal Bahadur Shastri (Almatti) Dam from 5 ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 2 (ANI): Karnataka Minister for Large and Medium Industries MB Patil on Friday dismissed Maharashtra's claim that raising the height of the Alamatti dam to 524.256 metres would cause floods in Sangli and Kolhapur districts. He asserted that this argument has already been rejected by the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal, the Supreme Court, and even in the Lok Sabha. Also Read | Andhra Pradesh Government Bans Display of Political Symbols in Schools. "Sangli ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 2 (ANI): Karnataka Minister for Large and Medium Industries MB Patil on Friday dismissed Maharashtra claim that raising the height of the Alamatti dam to 524.256 metres would cause floods in Sangli and Kolhapur districts. He asserted that this argument has already been rejected by the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal, the Supreme Court, and even in the Lok Sabha. Sangli and surrounding regions in Maharashtra witnessed severe floods in 1964, 1976, 1994 and 1 ...Read More >
Mumbai: Bombay High Court has now got its fifth bench, located in Kolhapur. The HC bench at Kolhapur will start functioning from Aug 18, as stated in a notification issued on Friday."I, Alok Aradhe, Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, with the approval of the Governor of Maharashtra, appoint Kolhapur as a place at which Judges and Division Courts of the High Court may also sit, with effect from August 18, 2025," the notification dated Aug 1 said. The other benches of the HC ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Industries minister MB Patil Friday dismissed Maharashtra's recent claims that increasing the height of Almatti dam to 524 metres would lead to floods in Sangli and Kolhapur, calling the argument politically motivated and long settled by courts and water tribunals.Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis in a letter to Siddaramaiah, his Karnataka counterpart, on May 9, had raised objection to increasing the height of the dam, claiming flooding fears.But Patil, who previously served as water r ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 9 (PTI) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Wednesday dismissed speculation about leadership change in the Congress-led government in the state, saying there are currently no plans to alter the cabinet composition. "No cabinet reshuffle is on the cards. Myself and the chief minister are meeting central ministers to discuss various state issues," Shivakumar told reporters. When asked about the buzz that he will take over as chief minister after completion of two-and ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday to meet with Union Minister of Jal Shakti CR Patil and Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav and discuss unfinished drinking water projects in the state. 'We have two pending projects, one is Kalsa Bhanduri and Yettinahole, One of them is 60% done, but was stopped due to some technical reasons, it was stopped by the Forest Department, so we gave them ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday to meet with Union Minister of Jal Shakti CR Patil and Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav and discuss unfinished drinking water projects in the state. We have two pending projects, one is Kalsa Bhanduri and Yettinahole, One of them is 60 done, but was stopped due to some technical reasons, it was stopped by the Forest Department, so we gave them an ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday to meet with Union Minister of Jal Shakti CR Patil and Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav and discuss unfinished drinking water projects in the state. "We have two pending projects, one is Kalsa Bhanduri and Yettinahole, One of them is 60% done, but was stopped due to some technical reasons, it was stopped by the Forest Department, so we gave them ...Read More >
Story so far: Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are once again embroiled in a water dispute, this time over the Banakacherla project. The ambitious project which will link the Godavari and Krishna River basins via reservoirs, canals, and lift irrigation scheme is Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu's pet project, first envisioned in 2014 after the bifurcation of Andhra and Telangana. With Mr. Naidu again at the helm in Andhra, he seeks speedy construction of the project, but faces toug ...Read More >
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