Even before the long-standing dispute of Krishna River water sharing gets an amicable solution, another storm has emerged between the two Telugu-speaking States. This time it’s a row over sharing of revenue earned by the TTD, leading to worsening the political relations between the two states. Soundarrajan, a priest of Chilkur ‘ Balaji temple’ filed a petition in the High Court alleged that TTD is yet to clear Rs. 1,000 crore old dues as part of TTD’s revenue since 1987.
The High Court has issued notices to the AP government. With this notices, the ruling TDP leader Gali Muddukrishnama Naidu alleged that Telangana has not shared Hyderabad’s revenues with Andhra Pradesh. He further said that Soundarrajan’s petition is baseless and TTD works based on its own rules and policies.
According to the States Reorganization Act, TTD, which runs the shrine, need not share its revenues, but the act came into effect in July this year. The Telangana government has vowed to get back its rightful share of Rs. 241 crore out of the Rs. 576 crore Common Good Fund pending since 2003 till the state bifurcation in 2014.