Harish for Linking Koyna Dam to Krishna River Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao Observes That If the State Due to the Increased Needed Thing in the 21St Century
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6 NEWS HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY 23 MAY 2018 Harish for linking Koyna Dam to Krishna river Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao observes that if the State due to the increased needed thing in the 21st Century. storage capacity and retention of He echoed the statements of the upper Krishna States release environmental flows water in the tanks for longer pe- Irrigation Minister on Koyna from their dams then they can protect flora, fauna riods, he added. Dam and stated that if the water and aquatic life of river which will also help in He further said that by the brought to Krishna River is noth- construction of Kaleshwaram ing but recycling of the water it rejuvenation of Krishna River project, Godavari River would get would help in increasing ecolog- a new life and out of 500 km ical flow. OUR BUREAU stretch of river in Telangana, 275 Rajendra Singh said that In- Minister urges the km of Godavari River would be dian judiciary cannot solve the Hyderabad: Irrigation Minister Convention to discuss rejuvenated. Government had confrontation on water because T Harish Rao urged the Indian and suggest ways to also formed Musi River Front the administrators and politics Water Council (IWC) to recom- Development Corporation and create conflicts. Solution can be mend the Government of India divert Koyna Manair River on Godavari basin. achieved if e�orts are put in be- to link Koyna Dam water back- Dam waters back to The Minister said that the gov- yond the boundaries, he added. wards to Krishna River. The Min- Krishna River ernment had completed four on- He stressed on the need to have ister stated that more than 100 going projects in Mahbubnagar various groups including educa- TMC of water from Koyna Dam district and brought 6.5 lakh tional institutions, civil society in Maharashtra was going waste power generation more than 100 acres into irrigation and filled and people who are striving to into sea after Hydel power gen- TMC of water is flowing into Ara- Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao addressing National Convention on Rejuvenation of Krishna River in 700 tanks in the district. “We save saving rivers work together. eration. bian Sea. The Krishna water is Hyderabad on Tuesday have seen a tremendous change He also stressed on the need for Harish Rao was addressing the flowing outside the basin in the villages and reverse migra- river literacy and said that unless ‘National Convention on Rejuve- whereas basin areas are starving to protect flora, fauna and aquatic would extend full support for the of 10 lakh acres were brought tion is taking place,” said the there is no knowledge about river nation of Krishna River’ organ- for irrigation and drinking water. life of river which will also help programme taken up by IWC un- back into irrigation under minor Minister. He also talked about science there cannot be a talk on ised by Telangana Water Re- The Convention can discuss this in rejuvenation of Krishna River. der the leadership of Rajender irrigation sector. In Krishna Mission Bhagiratha project river rights. sources Development aspect and suggest ways and By diverting the water to Krishna Singh. The Minister explained basin about 6,000 tanks were re- which aims to provide water se- Health Minister C Laxma Corporation (TWRDC) here at means to divert Koyna Dam wa- basin, five times more electricity about the flagship programme of stored with an amount of about curity to each citizen of the State. Reddy, TWRDC Chairman V Vishweshwaraya Bhavan on ters back to Krishna River,” Har- can be produced, he added. the State government Mission Rs 950 crores in the last four Waterman of India Rajendra Prakash, experts in water conser- Tuesday. Rao said that Koyna ish Rao said. Stating that River Krishna was Kakatiya and stated that so far years. Now fourth stage of Mis- Singh said, “what Harish Rao had vation Vikram Soni, World Water dam was constructed for Hydro The Minister said that upper the fourth biggest in the country 18,000 tanks were restored in the sion Kakatiya programme is be- said today, I have been saying for Council Governor Prithvi Raj power generation on Krishna Krishna Sates may release envi- and which was fast drying up, the State with Rs 3,000 crore during ing continued, he added. Ground a long time.” Singh said that re- Singh and others also spoke at River in Maharashtra. “After ronmental flows from their dams Minister said his government the last three years and an ayacut water levels increased by 10 m in juvenation of rivers was the most the convention. KCR meets, greets HDK in advance RSS slams Archbishop’s ‘pray for 2019 poll’ letter New Delhi: BJP and RSS leaders slammed the cir- Rajnath says minorities safe cular released by Delhi archbishop calling for Flies out early to avoid running in to his betes noires, Cong, TDP prayers ahead of the 2019 elections, terming it as a them to vote for the right candidate or party but to "direct attack on Indian secularism and democ- suggest to vote for one party and not another and OUR BUREAU he is stitching together a federal the elections, the TRS leaders racy". Delhi Archbishop Anil Couto, in his letter ad- term yourself as secular is unfortunate," she said. front which he wants to be an al- said that party chief did not want dressed to all the churches in the capital, called RSS ideologue Rakesh Sinha termed the move as Hyderabad: In a bid to avoid em- ternative to the Congress and the to share the dais with Congress upon the Catholics to start a year-long prayer cam- a "direct attack on Indian secularism and democ- barrassing moments of having to BJP. After meeting Ku- and TDP leaders as the two par- paign for the "spiritual renewal" of the country racy" and attacked the Archbishop, saying bishops rub shoulders with Congress maraswamy, the TRS chief met ties are considered arch rivals for ahead of the 2019 general elections. are accountable to the Pope and not India. president Rahul Gandhi, Telan- Janata Dal (Secular) leader and Telangana Rashtra Samithi in the The letter said the country at present is witness- "Another big reason for this is after the formation gana Chief Minister K Chan- former prime minister HD Deve T state. Sources said that KCR ing "turbulent political atmosphere which poses a of the Modi government, church-oriented NGOs, drasekhar Rao flew one day in ad- Gouda and shared views on the will invite Kumarswamy to threat to the democratic principles enshrined in received less money due to stricter laws. The vance to Bengaluru and greeted political developments taking Telangana in June second week our Constitution and the secular fabric of our na- Church organisations used to take this money for a Karnataka Chief Minister desig- place post Karnataka elections and hold talks on the creation of tion". "As we look forward towards 2019, when we variety of cause but in reality, utilise this only for nate HD Kumaraswamy who will and the impact of the poll results federal front. Telangana Deputy will have new government, let us begin a prayer religious conversions. They want a government to take oath on Wednesday. on national politics. CM Mahmood Ali and TRS lead- campaign for our country from May 13, 2018," the be made so that their conversion business flour- Rao cannot sit with Congress The swearing–in ceremony of ers K Keshava Rao and J San- circular read. ishes," Sinha added. leaders and watch the ceremony Kumaraswamy will be attended thosh Kumar accompanied KCR. BJP leader Shaina NC criticised the circular say- Reacting to the letter, Union Home Minister Ra- as Congress happens to be the by, besides Rahul Gandhi, senior The o�cial reason given by the ing that it was wrong to instigate communities and jnath Singh said India is one of those countries principal Opposition party in Congress leaders and also Andhra sources close to the chief minis- to suggest them to vote for one party. "Wrong to try where minorities are safe and no one is allowed to Telangana, which he would have Pradesh Chief Minister N Chan- ter was that he went to Bengaluru and instigate castes or communities. You can tell discriminate on the basis of caste and religion. to fight with for power in the next drababu Naidu. Although KCR on Tuesday since his schedule for Assembly elections. This apart, extended support to JD(S) during Wednesday is tight. 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