Hyderabad, June 14 -- Telangana irrigation minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy has written to the Union Jal Shakti Minister CR Patil, expressing the state government's objection to the proposed Godavari-Banakacherla (G-B) link project of Andhra Pradesh, urging the latter to direct the Central Water Commission (CWC) to reject the Pre-Feasibility Report (PFR) submitted by the Andhra government, and prevent it from submitting its Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the project to CWC.

In the letter dated June 13, Uttam Kumar Reddy asserted that the project not only contravenes the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act and the Godavari Water Disputes Tribunal (GWDT) award of 1980, but also adversely affects the water rights of the people...