PILs oppose Nagarjunasagar water release

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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsTwo public interest petitions have been filed in the High Court against release of water from the Nagarjunasagar reservoir even if the water level rises above 510 feet.Last month a division bench of the court had passed interim orders on a PIL filed by a retired irrigation chief engineer, V Venkat Reddy, and 10 others, directing the state government not to release water from Nagarjunasagar to the Krishna delta if the water level in the reservoir falls below 510 feet.Members of the AP Rythanga Samakhya staged protests demanding stoppage of water release to the downstream districts in coastal Andhra.Nalgonda Congress MP Gutha Sukhender Reddy and retired irrigation engineer M Shyam Prasad Reddy, in their petition on Friday, requested the High Court to direct the government authorities concerned not to release any further water from the Nagarjunasagar reservoir, for any other purpose other than drinking water.first published:September 01, 2012, 09:31 ISTlast updated:September 01, 2012, 09:31 IST
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Two public interest petitions have been filed in the High Court against release of water from the Nagarjunasagar reservoir even if the water level rises above 510 feet.

Last month a division bench of the court had passed interim orders on a PIL filed by a retired irrigation chief engineer, V Venkat Reddy, and 10 others, directing the state government not to release water from Nagarjunasagar to the Krishna delta if the water level in the reservoir falls below 510 feet.

Members of the AP Rythanga Samakhya staged protests demanding stoppage of water release to the downstream districts in coastal Andhra.

Nalgonda Congress MP Gutha Sukhender Reddy and retired irrigation engineer M Shyam Prasad Reddy, in their petition on Friday, requested the High Court to direct the government authorities concerned not to release any further water from the Nagarjunasagar reservoir, for any other purpose other than drinking water.