Peddapalli, Aug. 3 -- Telangana Irrigation, Food & Civil Supplies Minister Capt N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Sunday declared that the state would oppose Andhra Pradesh's Banakacharla project "at every level," terming it a violation of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act and the 1980 Godavari River Water Agreement.
Speaking at a series of programmes in Peddapalli district, where he inaugurated the Ramagundam Lift Irrigation Scheme in Anthargone mandal, Uttam Kumar Reddy said that the Central Water Commission (CWC), the Godavari River Management Board (GRMB), and the Polavaram Project Authority had already rejected permissions for the project following Telangana's objections. He added that the Centre had also withheld environmental clearances b...