Andhra Pradesh and Telangana refused to budge from their stand on generation of power at Srisailam leading to an inconclusive meeting of the Krishna River Management Board here on Wednesday.
The four-hour meeting failed to resolve the issue and the board decided to call for a full board meeting on Thursday to find an amicable settlement to the issue.
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Irrigation Department officials of both States were locked in arguments over it and intervention by Board Chairman S.K.G. Pandit failed to elicit a positive response from both sides, sources said.
While A.P. wanted TS to halt power generation completely at Srisailam to maintain the water level for subsequent use, Telangana was going ahead with power generation arguing that the farm sector was in dire need of power to save standing crops. Telangana, sources said, wanted the board to let it continue generation till November 5, but A.P. argued that its interests under the project would suffer if the water level went below 854 ft. A.P. expressed apprehensions that 1.30 lakh acres under Srisailam right bank canal and 1.20 lakh acres under KC canal would go without water if that happened.
As a via media, A.P. officials suggested that Telangana generate power for three days up to November 2 by using one tmcft of water a day. Telangana was also told that it could use a maximum of 3 tmcft for generation out of 13 tmcft available in Srisailam. However, Telangana rejected the proposal and insisted on a full board meeting to end the stalemate. Telangana also did not accept alternative generation at Nagarjunasagar by closing Srisailam power house.
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