Harish Rao rebuts Uttam Kumars remarks on Krishna waters

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA and former Irrigation Minister T. Harish Rao on Wednesday got here down closely on the Congress leaders, together with Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, accusing them of damaging Telangana’s water rights with their ‘contradictory and ignorant statements’ on sharing the Krishna river water.

Refuting the remarks made by Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy, Mr. Rao acknowledged that each Mr. Uttam Kumar and Mr. Revanth Reddy had been making contradictory statements that displayed their ignorance and political compromises.

He noticed that the dearth of readability on the State’s water rights on the Krishna water would weaken its case earlier than the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal (KWDT). “While Uttam Kumar Reddy earlier spoke of securing 763 tmc ft, Revanth Reddy sought a blanket ‘no objection certificates (NOC)’ from Andhra Pradesh for 500 tmc ft, and later claimed the State’s rightful share was 904 TMC,” he identified, and sought to know who’s right?

He additionally refuted the fees that the BRS authorities had agreed to a 299:512 tmc ft ratio between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. “This is completely mistaken,” he mentioned, difficult the ruling celebration to show its declare that the BRS had signed such an settlement and provided to resign if confirmed. He additionally dared them to resign if that they had did not show their expenses.