The Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation is organising a “Regional Conference of Southern States on Water Resources” at Hyderabad tomorrow. The conference will be chaired by Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, MoS, WR, RD & GR and Parliamentary Affairs. Six southern states namely, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Puduchery, Karnataka, Kerala and Telangana will be represented by their Ministers, Principal Secretaies and Engineer-in-Chiefs of Water Resources.

The objective of the conference is to discuss pending issues of water resources and inter-state issues. These would include issues related to the implementation of the latest orders of the Supreme Court on sharing of Cauvery waters, Mullai Periyar Dam, interlinking of rivers like Godavari-Cauvery and notification of jurisdiction of Krishna and Godavari Management Boards, Parambikulam Aliyar projects, Pollavaram project and other interstate issues.

The Conference is scheduled to be held at Taj Vivanta, Begumpet on 20.02.2018 from 11:00 to 13:30 hrs.

 

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