hyderabad sources reported that the Chief Ministers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Friday began talks on a wide-range of inter-state issues arising out of Andhra Pradesh's bifurcation five years ago. Meanwhile Telangana CM K. Chandrashekhar Rao and his Andhra Pradesh counterpart Y.S. jagan Mohan Reddy held the talks at Pragati Bhavan, the official residence of the former.
Even though Chandrashekhar Rao and YS jagan met several times since the latter formed the government in Andhra Pradesh a month ago, this is the first full-fledged talks between them to sort out inter-state issues. Furthermore both the leaders have already agreed to solve all the outstanding issues amicably and foster good neighborly relations for the welfare of the people of both the states.
Moreover sharing of water from krishna and Godavari rivers is expected to be the main item on the agenda of the high-level talks. They are likely to discuss the dispute over sharing of krishna water and the possibility of diverting the Godavari waters to krishna basin. Apparently the issues arising out of bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh have remained unresolved for last five years due to differences between Chandrashekhar Rao and his then counterpart n. chandrababu naidu.
