Hyderabad: During its 60 years of existence, the rulers of united Andhra Pradesh failed to take up projects that could link the Godavari with its massive surplus with the Krishna which always runs out of water. Now, with Telangana and AP emerging as separate states, there is still no coordination to utiise the huge quantum of precious Godavari waters that go waste into the sea every year. The Srisailam dam, with a capacity of 225 TMC ft, and Nagarjunasagar, 315 TMC ft, have gone dry this year owing to the failure of monsoon in the catchment areas of the Krishna river, and Karnataka retaining all the water in its dams. Farmers who depend on the Krishna in both TS and AP face the danger of...
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