KCR convenes special meeting on Godavari water utilization on May 17

Telangana: A special meeting on the plan of action for utilisation of Godavari River water during the present Monsoon will be held by Chief Minister Sri K Chandrashekhar Rao on May 17.

The Chief Minister would discuss on what would be the quantum of water to be released from the Godavari this Monsoon, how much water to be diverted to SRSP and LMD, what quantity, when should water to be released to the reservoirs, how to utilise the water and other related issues.

For this meeting, ministers from the Godavari catchment area Prashanth Reddy, Sri Indrakaran Reddy, Eatala Rajender, KT Rama Rao, Koppula Eswar, Gangula Kamalakar, Errabelli Dayakar Rao, Satyavathi Rathod and Jagdeeswar Reddy were invited.

Principal Secretary Sri Rajat Kumar, CMP Secretary Ms Smita Sabharwal, E-in-C Sri Muralidhar, SRSP CE Sri Shankar, Kaleswaram CE Sri Venkateswarlu, other irrigation senior engineers were also invited.