India, Oct. 27 -- Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday responded positively to his Telangana counterpart Revanth Reddy's request to reconsider the proposed increase in the height of Tummidihatti barrage across the Pranahita river on the Telangana-Maharashtra border.

A delegation led by Revanth Reddy, irrigation minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy and senior officials of the department had a meeting with the Maharashtra chief minister at the Sahyadri State Guest House in Mumbai to discuss the long-pending issue.

The meeting focused on Telangana's proposal to increase the barrage height to 152 metres, against the 148 metres envisaged in the 2016 agreement, to improve the project's capacity to meet the irrigation requirements of...