River Board meeting on July 10, 11

The Central Water Board (CWB) Chairman Pandya takes charge as Chairman of Krishna River Board and the member of the CWB, Mahendran takes charge as In-charge Chairman of Godavari River Board few days ago. They both have summoned meetings of respective boards on July 10 and 11th. Each Board will have one secretary, one central energy board representative, two representatives from each state.

AP government has nominated Adityanathan, the principal secretary of Irrigation Ministry and M Venkateswara rao, the engineer In-Chief as members of both boards. Simultaneously, Telangana government has nominated Arvind Reddy, the principal secretary of Irrigation Ministry and Muralidhar, the engineer In-Chief as members of both boards. Hence, the Chairmen of two boards are conducting a full-fledged meeting on July 10 and 11th.

The meeting is considered to be very significant in wake of Telangana government is objecting release of Krishna waters from Nagarjuna Sagar dam to Krishna district. Since there are no rains this year until now, both the state governments may insist their due share of water in both rivers, which may lead to a tense situation. Telangana government has already objected Krishna River Board Chairman Pandya ordering release of water from Nagarjuna Sagar dam without taking the consent of Telangana government or conducting a board meeting. So, these two meeting may be proved to very tough ones to handle by the respective Chairmen.