TG irrigation officials urge NDSA chairman to declare NSP ownership

STATING that they were facing a lot of problems in taking up repairs at the Nagarjunasagar Project (NSP) due to the "attitude" of the Andhra Pradesh government, the irrigation officials of Telangana on Wednesday requested the National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA) chairman Anil Jain to declare who the owner of the project is.

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Hyderabad

The NDSA chairman, who is on a three-day tour of the sibling state, held a meeting with Telangana Irrigation officials here on Wednesday.

During the meeting, the Telangana officials said that the temporary maintenance of NSP was being carried out by them while the temporary maintenance of Srisailam Dam was being done by their Andhra Pradesh counterparts.

However, in November 2023, the government of AP deployed a huge police force on the right side of NSP, they added.