Tribunal declines to restrain A P projects in Krishna basin

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New Delhi, June 9 (UNI) The Krishna Water Tribunal today declined to grant an interim relief on the applications filed by Maharashtra and Karnataka seeking the tribunal's intervention in restraining the lower riparaian state of Andhra Pradesh from going ahead with the construction of 11 projects in the Krishna and Godavari basins.

The three-member Tribunal, headed by Justice Brijesh Kumar, while disallowing the petitions of Maharashtra and Karnataka regarding the inter-state dispute concerning the Krishna River Valley said the tribunal was not inclined to grant interim relief prayed by the two states.

At the same time the Tribunal also said that use of surplus water in projects in question by AP will not entitle it to raise any claim on grounds of prior utilisation or committed use, or the fact that communities have grown around the area relying on water availability.

The surplus water in use in AP and its projects in question would form part of the total quantity of surplus water as may be available for the purposes of sharing among three riparian states.

AP also can not start any other new project utilising surplus water without bringing the fact to the knowledge of upper riparian states and apprising the Tribunal the launching of any such project.

In the event of failure to do so, the Tribunal may consider allowing Maharashtra and Karnataka states also to utilise surplus water in certain quantities.

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