YSR Congress party chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Sunday urged Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti to intervene in the issue of lift irrigation project proposed by the Telangana government.
Jagan, in a letter to Bharti, alleged that Telangana has proposed the construction of 'Palamuru- Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Project' to lift 90 TMC water from the Krishna river in foreshore of Srisailam reservoir, which would highly be "detrimental to the interest of Rayalaseema, Nellore and <g data-gr-id="19">Praksam</g> districts".
He said the project does not have any water allocation by any awards granted by the tribunals constituted under the Interstate River Water Disputes Act, 1956.
"Telangana is going ahead with the <g data-gr-id="12">above cited</g> irrigation project without approaching the concerned authorities, i.e, Krishna River Management Board and the apex council for appraisal and approval of the proposal for the construction of new project, i.e, Palamuru - RangaReddy lift irrigation scheme," Reddy stated in the letter.