Andhra wants Srisailam power off, Telangana says drinking water first
At a September 7 CWC meeting, Telangana reportedly rejected Andhra Pradesh’s demand to stop generation at Srisailam Left Bank. The official minutes remain missing, because apparently water disputes needed paperwork too.
The dispute concerns releases from Srisailam for power generation and Nagarjunasagar’s drinking-water needs; meeting minutes have not been published.
Telangana reportedly rejected Andhra Pradesh’s demand to stop hydel generation at the Srisailam Left Bank station, saying drinking-water supply from Nagarjunasagar was its “utmost priority”. The positions were recorded at a Central Water Commission meeting in New Delhi on September 7, according to a published report. No official minutes or decision document were located.
The Andhra Pradesh government reportedly repeated a demand first attributed to the Krishna River Management Board member-secretary on September 4: stop generation and stop releases to Nagarjunasagar through hydel operations. Telangana officials, according to the report, said Srisailam was built to meet Nagarjunasagar’s requirements and that generation was needed to enable downstream releases.
KRMB’s official records confirm the basic setting: Srisailam is a shared Telangana–Andhra Pradesh project, and its operating background recognises the link between power-generation releases and committed Nagarjunasagar use. The meeting-specific claims remain reported positions, not independently verified findings. The Congress government in Andhra Pradesh has not published a written account answering Telangana’s case.
The CWC’s official record of what happened is still absent. For now, Telangana’s drinking-water requirement is on the record; Andhra Pradesh’s paperwork is not.