A fresh row has erupted between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh over the Polavaram-Banakacherla Link Project. The project, which will divert 200 tmc ft of Godavari water to the Krishna and Penna basins, aims to provide drinking and irrigation water to the drought-hit Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh. The Andhra Pradesh government has already submitted the … Read more
Minister for Water Resources Nimmala Ramanaidu. File The Telangana leaders were making unnecessary ruckus over the irrigation projects in Andhra Pradesh for their own political survival, A.P. Water Resources Minister Nimmala Ramanaidu remarked. They were levelling baseless allegations against A.P. even though the plans were solely for utilising excess water that would otherwise flow into the sea. … Read more
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses the supporters during the ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’, in Guwahati, Assam on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: ANI Assam Police book Rahul Gandhi for ‘violence’ during Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra The Assam Police on Tuesday booked Rahul Gandhi for “wanton acts of violence” as the political confrontation between the Congress leader … Read more
Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Bhatti Vikramarka alleged that Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao had failed to get the share of Krishna and Godavari waters to Telangana. He said that the State was able to get water from Sriramsagar, Mid-Manair, Kakatiya Canal and Sripada Yellamapally project constructed by the previous Congress governments. “Mr. Chandrasekhar Rao … Read more
