Hyderabad, Dec. 31 -- The Supreme Court will take up hearing on January 5 on the petition filed by the Telangana government challenging the Andhra Pradesh government's proposed construction of Polavaram-Banakacharla link project that seeks to divert 200 tmc (thousand million cubic feet) of Godavari River water to Krishna river basin, Telangana irrigation minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy said on Wednesday.

The minister told reporters that the Telangana government had taken decisive steps to challenge the unlawful diversions of Godavari waters to Krishna basin. "The Telangana government filed a writ petition against the proposal in the Supreme Court and it has been listed for hearing before the bench of Chief Justice of India on January 5," Re...