I am ready to fight even with God for farmers

The water sharing between two Telugu states is an unsolved puzzle and for the second time Apex Council under the chairmanship of Union Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekawat with Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and YS Jagan Mohan Reddy as the council members will be held on October 6. KCR is making elaborate plans to take on both the centre and Andhra Pradesh on the water issue.

"When it comes to protecting the interests of farmers in the state, I am ready to fight even with God. We shall ensure that Telangana would get its rightful share of every drop of water in Godavari and Krishna rivers," the chief minister said.

At a high-level meeting of the irrigation department in Pragati Bhavan, KCR finalised the strategy to be adopted by the state government.

On other hand Jagan would present his state's arguments at the meeting called to discuss the disputes between the two Telugu states on river water sharing.

KCR called up the officials to put forth powerful arguments supported by all the required data before the Apex Council meeting and said he would expose the centre's inaction in resolving the inter-state water disputes despite six years of state bifurcation. KCR said "there should be absolute clarity on the allocation of water to Telangana."

TS CM regretted that even after six years, there was no response for the letter written to the PM. "The centre is trying to give an impression that it is settling the disputes by calling for apex council meetings. In reality, the centre is not doing anything," he said.

"Under the AP Reorganisation Act, Telangana should be allocated its water share in the rivers. We wrote a letter to the Prime Minister on June 14, 2014 within two weeks of the formation of Telangana, requesting him to take up water allocation to the state. We had asked for the constitution of a special tribunal under Section (3) of the Inter State River Water Disputes Act 1956 or through the existing tribunal," he pointed out.

KCR said, "We shall put forth our arguments so strongly that the AP government will not raise the issues again in future. We shall reject the attempts made to undermine the rights of Telangana people."