<span style="color: #222222;">The Telangana state government has urged the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti to convene a meeting of all stakeholders to take a decision on sharing of Krishna River waters based on the legitimate requirement of the State before the onset of monsoon.<br />''<br />''The decisions will be subject to pending settlement of the issue of fair and equitable sharing of Krishna River waters by the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal (KWDT).<br />''<br />''Special Chief Secretary for Irrigation Rajat Kumar has written two letters to the Secretary for union Ministry of Jal Shakti seeking the Central government's urgent intervention.<br />''<br />''Telangana also requested the Centre to stop Andhra Pradesh from proceeding with unauthorised schemes to draw more water through Polavaram Irrigation Project (PIP).<br />''<br />''The Special Chief Secretary pointed out that the issue of fair allocation of Krishna River water to Telangana State was the very basis of the Statehood movement.<br />''<br />''Since 2015-16, Krishna water allocations were being made on a 66:34 ratio between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.<br />''<br />''Even in 2021-22, Telangana agreed to continue with the arrangement subject to the condition that Andhra Pradesh will not divert more than 34 TMC from the Srisailam reservoir.<br />''<br />''Further, the Central government was requested to intervene and direct AP to stop proceeding ahead with unauthorised schemes.</span><br />