Jagan's Jala Deeksa begins on a fiery note

Kurnool, May 16 (INN): YSR Congress Party president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's Jala Deeksha began of a fiery note when he served a warning stating that the prophecy of future wars would be fought for water will become a reality if KCR continues his dictatorial attitude in plugging share of water from his advantageous upstream position and drawing water indiscriminately.

Addressing a massive gathering at the Jaladeeksha Pranganam on the inaugural day of the three day Deeksha, Jagan Mohan Reddy here on Monday said, 'KCR government has been indiscriminately drawing water from Krishna and Godavari rivers through lift irrigation depriving Andhra Pradesh of its share, while Chandrababu Naidu has been dumb and deaf and it is time to take up the issue with the right earnest and all Telugu speaking people should join hands and get the rightful share from upper riparian states of Karnataka and Maharashtra on the first count and the division of water shares between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana was not done by any Authority.'

'Unmindful of the plight of lower riparian state, Telangana government has been going ahead with its irrigation projects many of them have no permission, on Krishna and Godavari rivers as they flow from that state in to Andhra Pradesh thereby squeezing our water resources which would turn the state into a desert,' alleged Jagan.

Jagan also alleged that Chandrababu Naidu has surrendered and never dares to question KCR and the people of the state have to join hands and fight for the rightful share among the four states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

Tensions that run along the line of control are likely to replicate along state borders on water disputes and the prophecy of Veera brahmendra swamy that the future wars will be fought for water would come true if corrective measures are not taken up now, he said. KCR's contention that Telangana should get 900 TMC of the 1480 TMC of water to the united Andhra Pradesh has no basis and is not a written law and it should be contested as the lower state of Andhra Pradesh will be parched for water, he said.

Giving a detail view of the projects on Krishna and Godavari, he said projects were built on Krishna River to store 1750 TMC of water while unofficially nearly 3,000 TMC of water is being stored of which Maharashtra and Karnataka account for 1,300 TMC. Water flows only after the needs of the two upper riparian states including Alamatti and Narayanpur are fulfilled.

'In the present scenario, Telangana government has been plugging the Krishna water at Mahbubnagar itself by drawing 120 TMC of water through Palamuru-Ranga Redy and Dindi lift irrigation projects and Chandrababu Naidu has no guts to raise the issue. Earlier, it was the height of Kalwakurthi project which was increased from 25 TMC to 40 TMC and Chandrababu Naidu never raised the issue and asks his Telangana counterpart as to why he has been drawing 30,000 cusecs per day. Unless the reservoir level of 854 feet is maintained at Srisailam, Rayalaseema will not get water but KCR has marked the intake point at 800 feet and has been drawing water indiscriminately and there is no one to question him,' the YSRCP president said.

From Srisailam to Nagarjunasagar then to Krishna delta flows the water but the with indiscriminate drawing of water in Telangana state the four districts of Rayalaseem along with Nellore Prakasam, Guntur and Krishan along with Nalgond and Khammam are also at a severe loss and Chandrababu Naidu has courage and words to stop this exercise, he said.