Lok Sabha Question No. 1099 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-08
Subject: Sharing of Krishna River Water
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Nama Nageswara Rao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1099

## ANSWERED ON 08.02.2024

## SHARING OF KRISHNA RIVER WATER

## 1099. SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the present status of the issue of sharing of Krishna river water between the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh;

(b)  whether the Government has referred the matter under section 3 of ISRWD Act for adjudication after the Government  of  Telangana  has  withdrawn  its  case  in  Supreme  Court  in  June  2021,  as  per  the  assurance  of Ministry of Jal Shakti;

(c) if not, the reasons therefor; and

(d) the details of the recommendations approved by the Government in order to resolve the above issues and the outcome of the high level official meetings conducted recently?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## ( SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU )

(a) & (d) As per Terms of Reference (ToR) specified in clauses (a) and (b) of the Section 89 of Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act (APRA), 2014, the allocation of Krishna River Water among the States of Telangana and Andhra  Pradesh  has  been  referred to  Krishna  Water  Disputes  Tribunal-II  (KWDT-II)  by  the  Central Government.  Accordingly, the Central Government extended the tenure of the KWDT-II for two years, with effect  from  01.08.2014.  Subsequently,  in  view  of  the  fact  that  the  adjudication  by  KWDT-II  on  the  terms  of reference  specified  in  section  89  of  APRA,  2014,  was  still  going  on,  the  tenure  of  the  Tribunal  had  been extended seven times, every time by one more year. Recently, vide Notification dated 06.07.2023, the tenure of the Tribunal has been extended for a further period till 31.03.2024.

Further, in accordance with section 85 (1) of APRA, 2014, the Central Government constituted Krishna River  Management  Board  (KRMB)  vide  Gazette  Notifications  dated  28.05.2014,  for  the  administration, regulation,  maintenance  and  operation  of  projects  on  Krishna  River.   The  function  of  Board  includes  the regulation  of  supply  of  water  from  projects  to  the  successor  States  of  Andhra  Pradesh  &  Telangana  having regard to i) Awards granted by the tribunals constituted under the Inter-State River Water Dispute Act 1956, ii) any agreement entered into, or arrangement made covering the Government of existing State of Andhra Pradesh and any other State or Union territory. After the bifurcation of the State of Andhra Pradesh, the Krishna Water (811 TMC of water allocated to combined state of Andhra Pradesh as per KWDT-I award), has been shared as per the agreed quantity by both the successor states (Andhra Pradesh & Telangana) in the KRMB meetings. The details of the sharing of the water from 2015-16 to 2023-24 as per the decisions taken in various meetings of the Board is given at Annexure .

(b)  &  (c) A  request  has  been  received  from  the  Government  of  Telangana  to  Central  Government  under Section 3 of ISRWD Act, 1956 to refer the water disputes regarding the inter-State River Krishna, and the river valley  thereof,  by  confining  the  scope  of  reference  between  the  jurisdictional  limits  of  States  of  AP  and Telangana  only  to  the  KWDT-II  for  adjudication  for  en  bloc  allocation  of  water  between  both  these  States. Accordingly,  Central  Government  through  Notification  dated  06.10.2023  has  referred  the  further  Terms  of Reference (ToR) to KWDT-II for adjudication.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1099 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 08.02.2024 REGARDING 'SHARING OF KRISHNA RIVER WATER'.

## The details of the sharing of the water between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana from 2015-16 to 2023-24

| Water Year   | Agreed share (in TMC/ %)   | Agreed share (in TMC/ %)   | As per the following meetings ofMoWR/KRMB                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|--------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Water Year   | Andhra Pradesh             | Telangana                  | As per the following meetings ofMoWR/KRMB                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 2015-16      | 512.04                     | 298.96                     | Meeting held on 18 th and 19 th June, 2015, in the MoWR, RD &GR.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 2016-17      | 512.04                     | 298.96                     | Meeting held on 21 st and 22 nd June, 2016, in the MoWR, RD &GR.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 2017-18      | 66%                        | 34%                        | 7 th meeting of the Board held on 04.11.2017.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 2018-19      | 66%                        | 34%                        | 9 th meeting of the Board held on 16.10.2018.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 2019-20      | 66%                        | 34%                        | 11 th meeting of the Board held on 09.01.2020.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 2020-21      | 66%                        | 34%                        | 12 th meeting of the Board held on 04.06.2020.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 2021-22      | 66%                        | 34%                        | 14th meeting of the Board held on 01.09.2021.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 2022-23      | 66%                        | 34%                        | 16th meeting of the Board held on 06.05.2022.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 2023-24      | 45                         | 35                         | There was no consensus on sharing of water, however working arrangements can be made by 3- member committee according to the water requirements of both the states as and when required. In the 3-member committee meeting held on October 6, 2023, it was decided that 80 TMC utilizable water available in common reservoirs of Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar be divided as 45 TMC & 35 TMC (AP &Telangana) |

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