The AP government is in principle against interlinking peninsular rivers as it fears that it might lose its quota of “assured waters” to other states and would have to depend on “unpredictable” surplus waters from others. The state is, however, working towards linking rivers flowing within AP.
Major irrigation minister P. Sudarshen Reddy said on Monday following the Supreme Court ordering interlinking of rivers: “We’ve already started projects like Polavaram and Dummugudem for linking major rivers such as Godavari, Krishna within the state to meet irrigation needs.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/ap-not-connecting-peninsular-rivers
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/deccan-chronicle-hyderabad
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/river-linking
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/supreme-court
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/godavari
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/krishna
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/irrigation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tamil-nadu
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maharashtra
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-resources
