KCR to launch movement in Nalgonda on November 13 to protect Telangana's water rights

HYDERABAD: BRS president and former Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) has announced that he will strongly protest against the anti-Telangana stance of the Congress Government over handling of water rights of the State.

During his first visit to Telangana Bhavan after his surgery on Tuesday, KCR held a meeting with BRS MLAs, former Ministers, public representatives and leaders from the River Krishna Basin area on the issue. He stated that a public meeting would be held in Nalgonda on February 13, 2024 and that he would fight to protect Telangana’s rights over River Krishna waters.

KCR called upton the BRS cadre to launch another public movement to protect the rights of Telangana over its irrigation waters.

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He said that ill-advised attitude and approach of the Telangana Congress government was jeopardising the right to irrigation water of farmers in the State, especially those from south Telangana.

KCR discussed the consequences of the State Government’s decision to hand over the Nagarjuna Sagar and Srisailam irrigation projects to the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) and the losses caused thereby to farmers of the State. The meeting also deliberated the course of action to be followed against the anti-farmer attitude of the Revanth Reddy Government.

"The BRS had not only fought for Telangana’s irrigation and drinking water rights during the Telangana movement but had also made the slogan ‘Maa Neelu Maake’ (Our water for us) come true in the early days itself of the BRS Government. The BRS Government had also protected the rights of Telangana over the Krishna river projects, all the while resisting pressure from the Centre," KCR said.

Pointing out that the decision of the Congress Government would create drinking water shortage for people in Rangareddy, erstwhile Nalgonda, erstwhile Khammam and erstwhile Mahbubnagar districts, he said that the BRS would lead a public movement to revoke the Congress decision handing over the projects to KRMB.

BRS working president KT Rama Rao, former ministers T Harish Rao, G Jagadish Reddy, V Srinivas Goud, S Niranjan Reddy, P Sabitha Indra Reddy, Talasani Srinivas Yadav and others were present in the meeting.