Irrigation plan: K'taka promises to complete pending RDS works

The Telangana government today said Karnataka has promised to complete its share of pending works of inter-state Rajolibanda Diversion Scheme (RDS) irrigation project in 50 days.
Telangana Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao and other ministers including J Krishna Rao and C Laxma Reddy held talks with Karnataka Irrigation Minister M B Patil in Bengaluru.
Harish Rao sought talks with his Karnataka counterpart to complete the pending works of RDS.
The talks were successful and the Karnataka government promised to complete the RDS works on its side in 50 days, an official release said here.
Telangana government told Karnataka it is not able to provide irrigation facility to farmers in the backward Mahabubnagar district due to non-completion of RDS works.

The undivided Andhra Pradesh government had deposited Rs 59 crore with Karnataka for carrying out the unfinished works on their side, the release said.
Though Telangana is entitled to utilise 15.9 TMC of water from RDS, it is not getting even 5 to 6 TMC, the state government had said last week.
RDS is built across Tungabhadra river in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh and Raichur district of Karnataka. The inter-state barrage supplies water to Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.