Lok Sabha Question No. 402 (STARRED), answered on 2017-03-30
Subject: Functioning of Krishna River Management Board
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: Y. S. AVINASH REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *402

ANSWERED ON 30.03.2017

## FUNCTIONING OF KRISHNA RIVER MANAGEMENT BOARD

## *402.          SHRI Y. S. AVINASH REDDY

- Will  the  Minister  of  WATER  RESOURCES,  RIVER  DEVELOPMENT  AND  GANGA REJUVENATION (a) whether the Krishna River Management Board has been constituted to look into the matter of water sharing between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and if so, the details thereof along with other duties/functions assigned to it; (b) the details of work done and progress made by it in distribution of water to the said States so far; (c)  whether  Telangana  has  raised  certain  objections  and  made  complaints  to  the  Government over the issue and if so, the details thereof; and (d)  the  action  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to  resolve  the  impasse  at  the
- earliest possible?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION

(DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN)

- (a)  to (d)    A statement is laid on the table of the House.

*****

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  to  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO *402 REGARDING 'FUNCTIONING OF KRISHNA RIVER MANAGMENT BOARD', BY SHRI Y. S. AVINASH REDDY TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.03.2017

(a)  Yes,  Madam.  Central  Government  has  constituted  Krishna  River  Management  Board (KRMB)  as  per  clause  85(1)  of  Andhra  Pradesh  Reorganization  Act,  2014,  under  the administrative  control  of  MoWR,  RD  &  GR  for  administration,  regulation,  maintenance  and operation of such projects, as may be notified by the Central Government from time to time.

The functions of Board  include;

- (a)  Regulation of supply of water from the projects to the successor States;
- (b)  the regulation of supply of power generated;
- (c)    the  construction  of  such  of  the  remaining  on-going  or  new  works  connected  with  the development of the water resources projects relating to the rivers or their tributaries through the successor states;
- (d)  making an appraisal of any proposal for construction of new projects on  Krishna river and giving technical clearance; and
- (e)    such  other  functions  as  the  Central  Government  may  entrust  to  it  on  the  basis  of  the principles specified in the Eleventh Schedule.
- (b)  KRMB is  issuing  water  release  orders  from  time  to  time  based  on  adhoc  arrangement  as agreed by Telangana State and Andhra Pradesh for sharing Krishna water till the final allocation is made by the KWDT-II (Krishna Water Dispute Tribunal-II). KRMB has started the work of installation of telemetry system in Krishna Basin in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh at various places of inflows, outflows and withdrawal of water to bring the transparency.
- (c)  No  such  objection  or  complaint  has  been  received  regarding  the  functioning  of  KRMB. However, certain issues have been raised by Telangana State over the time such as request for making water allocation as per enbloc share; installation of Telemetry stations in a single phase; consideration  of  water  diverted  from  Pattiseema  to  Krishna  Delta  System  during  water accounting in terms of GWDT award and the issue of jurisdiction of KRMB over the projects.
- (d) Issues  raised  by  the  State  Governments  are  resolved/  being  resolved  in  terms  of  KWDT Award  and  other  agreements  made  between  the  party  states  by  KRMB  through  its  Board Meetings and Apex Council Meetings.