KRMB meeting stalls; Telangana gets the hydel lecture
The board’s three-member committee settled nothing on Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar water, while its member-secretary asked Telangana to restrain hydel releases and Andhra Pradesh to regulate Pothireddypadu withdrawals.
The committee referred the unresolved Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar dispute to the full board.
The Krishna River Management Board’s three-member committee failed to agree on sharing water from the common Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar reservoirs on September 4. The dispute now goes to the full board’s 21st meeting. A date has not been confirmed in the material reviewed.
The KRMB member-secretary reportedly asked Telangana to stop power generation from Srisailam’s left-bank power houses and asked Andhra Pradesh to regulate withdrawals through the Pothireddypadu Head Regulator, considering reservoir storage and drinking-water needs. The underlying letter or minutes have not been published, so this was a request or recommendation—not a confirmed binding order. The committee, having failed to settle the water question, has referred it upwards. Administrative progress remains safely theoretical.
Telangana sought 50:50 sharing of available water, basin-population-based sharing for drinking water and an end to Pothireddypadu drawal. Andhra Pradesh sought 104 TMC for September 2026–August 2027 and cited a 97.41 TMC eligible share under a 66:34 formula, according to the meeting report. Telangana’s response to the KRMB request—and whether generation stopped—could not be confirmed. The Congress government in Andhra Pradesh has not publicly answered Telangana’s allegation that Pothireddypadu drawal was illegal. The full board now has the water dispute, and the paperwork, to deal with.