'System in place followed for building check dam across Palar'

Construction and heightening of a check dam across Palar river in Andhra Pradesh, which has been opposed by Tamil Nadu, was being done under a system in place in the country, Minister of State for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Dr Y S Chowdary said today.
"The check dam is being heightened by following the system in place and within the parameters of the River Management Board. This system is being followed all over the country for water management. If it were not in place Tamil Nadu would not have received Cauvery water also," he told reporters here.
On July 18, Tamil Nadu government had moved the Supreme Courtto restrain Andhra Pradesh from building check dams or raising theheight of present check dams across Palar river.

Earlier this month, Jayalalithaa had strongly protested over Andhra Pradesh raising the height of a check dam from five to12 feet at Perumballam.
She had written to her Andhra Pradesh counterpart Chandrababu Naidu,urging him to bring down the check dam's height toits original 12 feet and not store additional water in it.
She had said that the dam at Perumballam village across Palar in Chithoor district near the Andhra Pradesh-Tamil Nadu border is on an inter-state river covered under the Madras-Mysore Agreement of 1892.

Asked about the current crisis in Kashmir, Chowdary said the issue had already been discussed by the Prime Minister with all parties and a solution would be found soon.

The MoS was here to release a Technology Road map on Manufacturing (Technology Vision 2035).
"I don't think so," he said when asked if continuation of his party TDP in NDA was linked to grant of special status to Andhra Pradesh.
On P V Sindhu winning the silver medal in Olympics, Chowdary, who also hails from Vijayawada, said it was the 70th Independence Day gift given by her to the nation.
"However, I am very much disappointed for her missing the gold," he said.