KTR faults govt. for denying water to Jurala ayacut

HYDERABADWorking president of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) K.T. Rama Rao alleged that the Congress government in Telangana has squarely deceived farmers in the Krishna Basin by denying water for irrigation under the project built with assured waters, while Andhra Pradesh is taking away water for projects based on surplus waters outside the basin.Farmers under the Jurala project Right and Left Canals in the combined Mahabubnagar district were being pushed into distress by denying available water to their standing crops in crucial stages, despite their protests at the project site and elsewhere in the district, Mr. Rama Rao said addressing a press conference here on Monday.Mr. Rama Rao stated that out of 248 tmc ft of inflows into the Krishna Basin projects this year, Telangana had utilised only 28 tmc ft water. The government would be held responsible even if one acre of standing crop would wither in the Jurala ayacut and get 10 tmc ft water from Karnataka by talking to the Congress government there, if needed.He reiterated that government had all the powers to take action against them (BRS leaders) in case they had acquired/held properties illegally and said he was ready for a probe by a sitting judge on the properties of family members of Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao.Meanwhile, senior leader of BRS T. Harish Rao questioned the Congress government’s failure to give Krishna water to the ayacut under projects in the Basin in Telangana, when A.P. had taken the same to Kuppam located 738 km away from Srisailam reservoir. He accused the government of gross negligence for not lifting ample water for Kalwakurthy, Bhima, Nettempadu and Koilsagar projects and switching on the motors of Palamuru-Rangareddy project to fill tanks wherever possible during flood in Krishna. Published - September 21, 2026 07:11 pm IST