(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Workers of both parties clash as Telangana AP feud over water googletag.
Hyderabad: The row of sharing of water and electricity between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh took a violent turn on Wednesday with Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) workers clashing in the neighbouring Nalgonda district. Both the Telangana and Andhra Pradesh governments have been at loggerheads for the past week with the former releasing water from the Srisailam Hydel project for power generation and the latter claiming that the move would affect the drinking water needs in Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh.
Tension prevailed in Nalgonda district with the police arresting top leaders of the opposition during a shutdown called by them to protest the burning down of their party office by workers of the ruling TRS on Tuesday. Trouble started when TRS workers attacked and damaged vehicles belonging to Telangana TDP leaders at Chityal. Subsequently police prevented several TDP leaders including L Ramana E Dayakar Rao and M Narasimhulu from going around the district along with their supporters to enforce the shutdown. Condemning the police attitude they staged a protest on the highway even as TRS supporters launched a counter sit-in leading to a clash.
Police arrested TDP leaders and shifted them to a police station. Another key leader Revanth Reddy was arrested in Ranga Reddy district when he was on his way to Nalgonda.
TRS activists had on Tuesday set afire the TDP office in Nalgonda to protest what they called attempts by the TDP government in Andhra Pradesh to stall electricity generation by Telangana at Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar across Krishna River.
Meanwhile Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu has written to the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) to stop Telangana from releasing water from Srisailam reservoir for power generation as this will hit supply to Kurnool Kadapa and Anantapur districts for irrigation and drinking water needs. Naidu has also sought central government intervention to stop Telangana from using water at Nagarjuna Sagar dam for power generation.
The TRS has accused Naidu of playing dirty politics to harm the interests of Telangana which is reeling under severe electricity shortage. “He is playing double games. On the one hand he is depriving Telangana of electricity while on the other he is instigating his party leaders in Telangana to protest over the electricity shortage and the problems faced by farmers” said TRS MP Vinod Kumar.
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