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YSRCP chief accuses Naidu of neglecting Andhra as Karnataka pushes Almatti Dam height increase
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....SRCP chief accuses Naidu of neglecting Andhra as Karnataka pushes Almatti Dam height increase<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 1-10-2025<BR>PTI<BR>Amaravati, Oct 1 (PTI) YSRCP supremo Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday accused Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu of “completely neglecting the state’s interests” as Karnataka moves forward with plans to raise the height of the Almatti Dam. Red....
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....dy pointed out that the Karnataka Cabinet recently approved increasing the dam’s height from 519 metres to 524.2 metres, which will effectively double its storage capacity from 130 TMC to 280 TMC. He noted that the neighbouring state allocated a budget of Rs 70,000 crore on September 16 for this purpose. “Reddy delivered a sharp warning to Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, accusing him of c....
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....ompletely neglecting Andhra Pradesh’s interests while Karnataka pushes forward with raising the height of the Almatti Dam,” said a YSRCP press release. The opposition leader alleged that despite the “grave threat” to Andhra Pradesh’s irrigation and drinking water needs, Naidu has failed to act. “Entire regions face the danger of turning barren without water,” he said and questioned....
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...., “If Naidu cannot safeguard the rights of the state, then why should he hold the post of chief minister at all?” Recalling Naidu’s tenure as CM between 1995 and 2004, Reddy alleged that the former had boasted of wielding influence at the Centre, yet Karnataka managed to expand the Almatti Dam, completing spillway and gate works despite the Supreme Court’s cap of 519 metres. “Your fail....
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....ures in the past have already caused immense damage, and history is repeating itself today,” Reddy charged. He claimed that for over two and a half decades, the increase in the Almatti Dam’s height had adversely impacted Andhra Pradesh during drought years, depriving it of both irrigation and drinking water. “Year after year, farmers and people have suffered because of Naidu’s inaction,....
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.... he said. Reddy also condemned media portrayal of Naidu as running the wheel of power in Delhi, while in reality, he is “failing” to use the strength of his MPs to press the Centre to stop the dam’s expansion. He alleged that Andhra Pradesh’s submissions before the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal II (KWDT-II) under Naidu were weak and ineffective. Reddy recalled that the erstwhile YSRCP....
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.... government had filed a petition before KWDT-II in October 2023 to safeguard the state’s rights, but alleged that Naidu’s government had "mishandled the case without seriousness." He urged Naidu to "immediately wake up," use his MPs to pressurise the Centre, halt Karnataka’s plans to raise the Almatti Dam’s height, and present strong arguments at KWDT-II. “If you continue this betrayal....
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.... of Andhra Pradesh, future generations will remember you as a chief minister who failed his own state,” he alleged. Meanwhile, there was no immediate reaction from the TDP. PTI MS SSK ADB<BR> News - Press release - PIB....