Chennai, June 05: Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today requested her Andhra Pradesh counterpart Kiran Kumar Reddy to order immediate release of water from Kandaleru reservoir to meet Chennai’s drinking water needs.
In a letter to Mr. Reddy, Ms. Jayalalithaa said during 2010-11, only 4.6 tmcft was received as against the annual entitlement of 12 tmcft (under an agreement between the two states).
The present storage levels “will not be adequate” to meet drinking water needs in the coming months, she said.
“I believe that the water storage position in all the reservoirs of Krishna water supply project is comfortable and it may not be difficult for the Government of Andhra Pradesh to release water from Kandaleru reservoir. May, I, therefore request you to order the immediate release of water from Kandaleru reservoir so as to realise at least 1000 cusecs at the Tamil Nadu border to meet the drinking water requirements of Chennai city up to October 2011,” she wrote in the letter.
–Agencies