Telangana and its neighboring state Maharashtra entered an agreement on Godavari Inter-State Board. Both the states Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and his counterpart Devendra Fadnavis signed three agreements in Mumbai during the first meeting.
Irrigation ministers of the two states, several cabinet colleagues of Rao, MPs and senior officials were also present. Under the first agreement, Telangana will build a barrage of 100 metre height and 16 TMC storage capacity at Medigadda. To be constructed as part of Kaleswaram project, the barrage will help irrigate 18.19 lakh acres of land in six districts.
The water coming to Sriramsagar, Nizamsagar and Singur reservoirs will irrigate an additional 18 lakh acres. The second agreement was for Tummadihatti barrage on Pranahita with a height of 148 metres and 1.8 TMC storage. This will help in irrigation of two lakh acres of land in Adilabad district bordering Maharashtra. Under the third agreement, Chanaka-Korata barrage will be built on Penganga river.
This barrage with 213 metre height and 0.85 TMC storage will irrigate land in Maharashtra and Adilabad district of Telangana. Speaking on the occasion, Telangana CM Chandrashekhara Rao said with this historic pact, the two states set a new trend at a time when there were water disputes among several states.