Karnataka, Maharashtra conform to resolve water sharing points

Karnataka and Maharashtra on Saturday determined to have higher coordination and communication concerning flood administration and water provide within the drought-hit areas of each the states.
Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and state Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai held a excessive degree assembly with Maharashtra Water Resource Minister Jayant Patil right here to resolve the water associated points between the 2 states.
Addressing reporters after the meet, Yediyurappa mentioned each the states have agreed to share actual time information on rainfall and water launch from reservoirs each in Krishna and Bhima basin so as to handle the floods successfully.
“We discussed various issues regarding flood management in Krishna and Bheema river basins. It was decided to have better coordination and communication between two states at ministerial level, Secretaries level and at the field level,” the CM mentioned.

It was resolved {that a} technical staff will work in the direction of getting 4 TMC water from Maharashtra and in return launch water to the drought hit areas of the western state, the Chief Minister mentioned.
The two states additionally agreed to finish the Dudhganga dam venture on the earliest and Maharashtra may also fund it.
“Maharashtra will also supply enough funds for the completion of Dudhganga dam,” Patil mentioned within the press convention.
Pointing to the scarcity of water throughout April and May within the Krishna basin area, Bommai mentioned since 2013, Maharashtra has been charging cash for the discharge of water to the state.
However, it has been agreed upon that Karnataka won’t pay however will provide water to the drought-hit Jath taluk of Maharashtra throughout the wet season.
For the previous three years, the state has been witnessing flood in Krishna and Bhima rivers following downpour in its catchment areas in Maharashtra.