In the political arena of India, tensions have escalated between the neighboring states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The allegations were made by the incumbent Chief Minister of Telangana, A. Revanth Reddy, on Thursday, who accused his predecessor K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) of intentionally sowing discord over water resources to bolster his political party.
During a recent assembly session, Revanth Reddy expressed concerns that KCR was evading scrutiny regarding the misappropriation of funds in the name of irrigation projects. The allegations were made during a meeting where state Irrigation Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy presented a PowerPoint presentation detailing various irrigation projects and river water issues.
The debate revolves around the Palamuru-Rangareddy project, an ambitious initiative aimed at providing water to Telangana. However, Revanth Reddy believes that KCR is using this project as a political tool to create divisions between the states.
In a scathing indictment of the previous administration, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy asserted that the Krishna water allocation documents signed by former CM KCR during the Apex Council meeting have caused permanent injustice to Telangana. Speaking at an awareness program on the Palamuru-Rangareddy project, the Chief Minister claimed that KCR and Harish Rao effectively paralyzed Telangana’s interests while empowering Andhra Pradesh.
He specifically pointed to the flawed design of the Palamuru-Rangareddy project, noting that the BRS government chose to draw water from the “tail end” at Srisailam instead of the “head” at Jurala. Reddy argued that if the state had tapped the river at Jurala, not a drop would have flowed to Andhra Pradesh without Telangana’s consent, but the shift in location served only to facilitate massive corruption and inflated project estimates.
