Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said 1.8 tmcft of water has been released from Alamatti and Narayanapura reservoirs to Telangana.
Responding to the plea made by a delegation of Telangana leaders, headed by Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president Uttam Kumar Reddy, for the release of 15 tmcft of water, Mr. Siddaramaiah said the water was released for drinking water purposes.
Persistent drought
He also told the delegation that Karnataka has been facing successive droughts for the past seven years and drinking water had become a concern. Despite that 1.8 tmcft of water was released on humanitarian considerations.
Mr. Siddaramaiah assured them of releasing 5 tmcft of water in the coming days and promised to release more in case of a good monsoon.
Diversion scheme
On the demand to complete the work on Rajoli Banda diversion scheme, the Chief Minister promised to convene a meeting of top officials of the Water Resources Department of both the States.
