Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy held a high-level strategy meeting with senior Supreme Court advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi in Mumbai on Sunday to firm up legal arguments ahead of a crucial hearing in the Supreme Court of India on Monday.
The meeting focused on Telangana’s writ petition challenging the Andhra Pradesh government’s Polavaram–Nallamala Sagar (Banakacherla) expansion works. Accompanied by Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy, the Chief Minister briefed the legal team on alleged technical, statutory, and administrative violations and directed officials to place all supporting evidence before the court.
Telangana has sought an immediate halt to the expansion, arguing that Andhra Pradesh is proceeding beyond the original approved scope of the Polavaram project without mandatory clearances. The state has objected to the preparation of a Detailed Project Report in alleged violation of Central Water Commission guidelines and claimed that its formal objections were ignored while pre-feasibility reports were reviewed.
In its petition, the Telangana government has urged the apex court to direct the CWC, the Union Water Resources Ministry, and the Godavari River Water Management Board to intervene, seek a stay on environmental clearances for the expansion, and block any central financial assistance, citing the need to protect Telangana’s water rights in the Godavari basin.
