Bagalakote, March 14: Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar today said he will meet the state MPs in Delhi on Tuesday to discuss objections raised by Andhra Pradesh for the Upper Krishna Project and put pressure on the Centre.
Speaking to reporters, he said, “Andhra Pradesh has written a letter to the Centre objecting the land acquisition for Upper Krishna Project. The Centre has written to us seeking our clarification. We are going on with the project as per the Tribunal order and we have already spent Rs 26,000 crore.”
“We are only preparing to make use of our quota of water as per the Tribunal order of 2010. Andhra Pradesh has raised an objection to this project. Besides this, Andhra Pradesh is also no cooperating with us for the balancing reservoir on Tungabhadra. We are losing 30 TMC of water due to silting. Ministers H K Patil, MB Patil, Boseraju and I will be travelling to Delhi on Tuesday to meet the MPs and put pressure on the government.
