The Jal Shakti Ministry stated that the
Telangana government's Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) for six irrigation
projects on the Godavari River would be cleared soon. Pankaj Kumar, the
secretary of the Jal Shakti Ministry, gave this assurance during a video
conference with the chief secretaries of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, on the
implementation of the provisions of the gazette notification issued by taking
control of the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) and the Godavari River
Management Board (GRMB), respectively. Pankaj informed that the Centre was
actively pursuing the matter with the law department and that the matter would
be referred to a tribunal as soon as it received an opinion from it.