Krishna water, Delhi lobbying and one missing discharge log
BRS MLA G. Jagadish Reddy has accused the Congress government in Telangana of failing to challenge alleged Andhra Pradesh withdrawals through Pothireddypadu. The public record reviewed so far proves the infrastructure and the political quarrel, not the alleged August 31 diversion.
The dispute has records; the latest discharge figure does not.
Analysis | Politics
The Krishna water dispute has produced another familiar national-level solution: Telangana is expected to worry while Delhi receives the paperwork. BRS MLA G. Jagadish Reddy has accused the Congress government in Telangana, led by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, of failing to challenge alleged Andhra Pradesh withdrawals through Pothireddypadu. He said the government’s silence amounted to permission and announced a BRS farmers’ maha dharna in Miryalaguda on September 3, led by K. T. Rama Rao. [1]
The concern is not imaginary. The Krishna River Management Board records Srisailam as a common reservoir for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, while its 2023–24 report records Andhra Pradesh utilisation at 211.790 TMC and Telangana’s at 121.127 TMC. Telangana’s Irrigation and CAD department says the state is seeking interim 50:50 sharing, against Andhra Pradesh’s demand for 66:34. [2][3]
But the current public record does not establish the alleged August 31 diversion, its legality or its volume. Pothireddypadu is documented as Andhra Pradesh water-delivery infrastructure; there is no discharge log here confirming the latest claim. The reported figures also do not agree: 40 cusecs in one account, 25,000 cusecs in another. The Congress government in Telangana has not publicly answered the allegation in the material reviewed, and Andhra Pradesh has not bothered to answer it either. The water dispute has records. The latest number, apparently, is still looking for one.