Archive · 6 Aug 2026
Telangana CM seeks Centre's help to resolve Tummidihetti barrage row
Two big states in India, Telangana and Maharashtra, are arguing over a wall being built in a river called the Pranahita.
The wall is called the Tummidihetti barrage, and it is part of a big project to bring water to farms.
The leader of Telangana, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, travelled to New Delhi, the capital of India, to ask the national government for help.
He met a minister named C R Patil, who takes care of water for the whole country.
Telangana wants the wall to be 150 metres tall, but the two states had agreed earlier that it would be 148 metres.
A taller wall would let water flow to the farms by itself, using gravity, so the state would not need to spend a lot of money on pumps and electricity.
Scientists at a research station in Pune studied the plan and said a taller wall would not flood much extra land.
The minister promised to arrange meetings so the two states can talk and solve the problem.
The Chief Minister also asked another minister for permission to continue four other water projects that have been stopped for a long time.
Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy met Union Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil in New Delhi on Wednesday, urging him to persuade Maharashtra on the Tummidihetti barrage height.
Telangana wants the barrage on the Pranahita river built at 150 metres (one article cites 150–152 metres), against the 148 metres Maharashtra previously agreed to.
Reddy said the higher height enables gravity-fed water supply and keeps submergence under 1,000 hectares; a CWPRS study found no significant submergence difference up to 152 metres, with 50 per cent within the riverbed.
Patil said talks will first be organised under the Central Water Commission, followed by a meeting between the irrigation ministers of both states.
Reddy also met Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, seeking clearances for the Palamuru-Rangareddy, Gauravelli, Seethamma Sagar and Dindi projects, where Rs 42,809 crore has been spent and work is stalled.
- Who
- Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy, who met Union Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil and Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav in New Delhi; Maharashtra is the opposing party in the dispute.
- What
- Reddy urged the Centre to persuade Maharashtra to accept the Tummidihetti barrage on the Pranahita river at 150 metres (one article says 150–152 metres), above the 148 metres earlier agreed, and sought immediate environmental clearances for four Telangana irrigation projects.
- When
- Wednesday (specific date not mentioned in the articles).
- Where
- New Delhi.
- Why
- Telangana says 148 metres cannot deliver its allotted Godavari waters by gravity, forcing costly lift irrigation; it also says stalled clearances are escalating project costs.
Telangana
Maharashtra
Barrage height
Telangana
Wants the barrage raised to 150 metres (one article cites 150–152 metres), saying 148 metres is insufficient for gravity-based use of its allotted Godavari waters and that submergence would stay under 1,000 hectares, citing a CWPRS study.
Maharashtra
Opposed to raising the height from the 148 metres the two states had earlier agreed on; Maharashtra's specific objections were not detailed in the articles.
- Chief Minister
- A Revanth Reddy (Telangana)
- Union Minister met
- C R Patil (Jal Shakti)
- Barrage
- Tummidihetti on the Pranahita river
- Irrigation scheme
- Pranahita-Chevella
- Requested height
- 150 metres (150–152 metres per one article)
- Earlier agreed height
- 148 metres
- Location
- Tummidihetti village, Kouthala mandal, erstwhile Adilabad district, near the Wardha-Wainganga confluence
- Spending on stalled projects
- Rs 36,437 crore (Palamuru), Rs 3,187 crore (Dindi), Rs 1,835 crore (Seethamma Sagar), Rs 1,350 crore (Gauravelli)
