Shivangi Prakash-
Two farmers from Andhra Pradesh’s Krishna district have filed a writ suit in the Telangana High Court, asking the court to stay a government directive requiring Telangana State (TS) Generation Corporation (TS Genco) to produce hydel power at 100% of installed capacity.
The petitioners, G. Sivaramakrishna Prasad and M. Venkatappa requested an urgent hearing on Sunday through a house motion, but the Telangana High Court denied their request. The writ petition will be heard in the normal course of things.
The petitioners claimed that the order, GO Rt. No. 34 of the energy (Power-II) department dated 28-6-2021, would jeopardize their ability to make a living and inflict significant losses to Andhra Pradesh farmers. They further claimed that the GO was in violation of the Electricity Act.
They claim that Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar are common reservoirs shared by the Telugu states, and therefore the TS government does not have exclusive authority to extract water according to its whims and fancies.
The petitioners wanted the TS government to follow the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal’s decision and the June 2015 mutual accord.
