Telangana says 146 TMC is ours
Hyderabad tells the KRMB to apply its 71:29 formula to water now in Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar — which, by that math, leaves Andhra Pradesh nothing from the present pool.
Telangana has asked the KRMB to apply its 71:29 formula to water currently held in Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar.
Telangana has asked the Krishna River Management Board to treat the water currently available in Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar as Telangana’s share under its long-stated 71:29 split, according to a report on a letter sent by ENC O.V. Ramesh Babu to the Board’s chairman. The reported letter pegs the usable quantity at 146 TMC and says Telangana needs 50 TMC for drinking water up to August 2027 (10 TMC from Srisailam, 15 TMC under Nagarjuna Sagar Project, 25 TMC under AMRP). The letter itself was not published. [Report]
What is on the record: Ramesh Babu is Telangana’s technical member on the KRMB, and the state has publicly argued for a 71:29 division based on basin parameters. KRMB material also records Andhra-linked allocations at Nagarjuna Sagar and Pulichintala, and past years ran on interim, without-prejudice arrangements while tribunal issues continue. Those facts explain the push and the fight; they don’t make this year’s 146 TMC a settled award. [Documents]
Telangana’s submission is straightforward: apply the 71:29 principle to the water actually in the joint reservoirs now. If that arithmetic leaves Andhra’s take at zero from this specific pool, that is the point of invoking the formula. The KRMB’s acknowledgment or minutes on this request were not available in the material reviewed, and Andhra Pradesh’s response was not on record either — which is a neat way to avoid arguing the numbers.