hyderabad sources stated that telangana chief minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao on thursday agreed, in principle, to supply drinking water to tamilnadu in consultation with his andhra pradesh counterpart YS jagan Mohan Reddy. kcr told a delegation from tamilnadu that the water will be supplied from a perennial and assured source. He suggested the delegation to send a formal request proposal from tamilnadu chief minister to him and also to his andhra pradesh counterpart.
According to the Chief Minister's office, kcr suggested that soon after receiving the proposal, there should be a meeting between three states at the level of officers and experts to prepare a report based on the discussions to proceed further. kcr said Let the officers come to a consensus for taking a final decision. As and when this materialises, let india learn through this as to how states can cooperate with each other.
Moreover the delegation from tamilnadu consisted included Ministers S.P. Velumani and D. Jayakumar and officials. kcr said that for the drinking water needs of any state. the neighbouring states should be benevolent. He further said out of the 70,000 TMC of water available in india, after meeting the irrigation needs of the entire country, still there would be a surplus of 30,000 TMC. Out of this, only 10,000 TMC is enough to properly put to use for drinking water purpose in the country.
