Archive · 27 Aug 2026
CWC Calls Telangana, Maharashtra Meeting Over Tummidihatti Barrage
Telangana wants to build a large water barrage called Tummidihatti.
The barrage would be built on two rivers near where they join.
Because the project could affect Maharashtra, officials from both states must discuss it.
The Central Water Commission has scheduled this discussion for September 1 in New Delhi.
Telangana’s chief minister has asked Maharashtra’s chief minister and the central government to help find an agreement.
Telangana says the proposed barrage would not flood villages in Maharashtra.
It estimates that most of the affected land would be riverbed, although some land in a wildlife sanctuary could be underwater.
Officials are expected to discuss a report about whether the project is practical.
The Central Water Commission has called Telangana and Maharashtra irrigation officials to a September 1 meeting in New Delhi.
The meeting follows Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s efforts to resolve interstate issues involving the Tummidihatti barrage.
Telangana proposes a two-pronged barrage with a height of 152 metres on the Wardha and Wainganga rivers.
Telangana says the project would not submerge villages in Maharashtra, with most of the estimated 4,210 acres of submergence limited to the riverbed.
Maharashtra’s approval is required, while a pre-feasibility report is expected to be discussed at the meeting.
- Who
- The Central Water Commission, Telangana and Maharashtra irrigation officials, and Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy are involved.
- What
- A meeting will discuss Telangana’s proposed 152-metre Tummidihatti barrage and related interstate issues.
- When
- The meeting is scheduled for September 1; Revanth Reddy wrote to Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Patil on August 5.
- Where
- The meeting will take place in New Delhi, while the proposed barrage would be built on the Wardha and Wainganga rivers.
- Why
- Maharashtra’s approval and clearance are required for the proposed project height, and the states need a mutually agreeable solution to interstate issues.
Telangana’s project case
Maharashtra approval requirements
Potential submergence
Telangana’s project case
Telangana maintains that the 152-metre barrage would not submerge villages in Maharashtra and says most affected land would be riverbed.
Maharashtra approval requirements
The project would submerge an estimated 920 acres in the eco-sensitive zone of Maharashtra’s Chapral wildlife sanctuary, in addition to riverbed areas.
Project height and approval
Telangana’s project case
Telangana is pursuing a new 152-metre design for the Tummidihatti barrage and is seeking an agreed solution with Maharashtra.
Maharashtra approval requirements
Maharashtra’s approval and clearance are required for the project to proceed at the proposed height; in 2016, it had agreed to a 148-metre proposal.
- Meeting date
- September 1
- Meeting location
- New Delhi
- Proposed barrage height
- 152 metres
- Estimated total submergence
- Around 4,210 acres
- Estimated submergence in Chapral wildlife sanctuary
- Around 920 acres
- Earlier Maharashtra agreement
- Maharashtra agreed in 2016 to a 148-metre-high barrage proposal
- Expected discussion document
- A pre-feasibility report on the new proposal