Overview
- The writ petition asks the court to restrain Andhra Pradesh from preparing a DPR, issuing or executing tenders, and expanding Polavaram works linked to the PNLP.
- Telangana also seeks directions to CWC, the Jal Shakti and Environment ministries, the Polavaram Project Authority, and the river boards to withhold appraisal, approvals, and funds for the project.
- Citing a December 4 CWC letter warning AP not to proceed without clearance, the petition says AP nevertheless floated a DPR tender on November 21, modified it on November 24, completed technical bids, and moved to financial bids.
- Filings describe the PNLP as a roughly Rs 58,000 crore plan to divert about 2 TMC per day of Godavari surplus to the Krishna and Gundlakamma basins via RMC capacity enhancement or a parallel canal, a Bollapalli reservoir of up to 400 TMC, and tunnels to Nallamala Sagar.
- Telangana alleges violations of the GWDT award and the AP Reorganisation Act, notes the EAC returned the proposal in June and objections from Karnataka and Maharashtra, while AP defends the scheme as supplying surplus water to backward regions.