Telangana minister Niranjan Reddy joined the chorus of the TRS leaders criticising Andhra Pradesh in the Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Scheme issue. He said the project was illegal and that the Telangana government would stop it at any cost. He said the very formation of Andhra Pradesh state was a conspiracy and said that AP was formed to rob Telangana of its rightful share of waters.
Reddy said that Mahabubnagar was the biggest loser due to the formation of Andhra Pradesh. He said while the projects being taken up by the Telangana government were legal, but those of AP were illegal. He said those who had resorted to robbing of Telangana’s rightful share of water were criticising KCR today. Reddy further said that the AP was not bothered about the interests of Telangana and was not taking Telangana’s needs into account. He said that as per the AP reorganisation Act, AP has to obtain permission from Telangana to take up new projects. It was to protect the interests of Telangana that KCR had begun works on the Jogulamba barrage.
Stating that Telangana would wage a relentless battle to protect its irrigation interests, Niranjan Reddy said that it is incumbent upon the Central government to stop the illegal irrigation projects being set up by the AP government.