India, Aug. 5 -- Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Wednesday, Aug 5th, urged the Centre to facilitate talks with Maharashtra to resolve the long-pending dispute over the proposed height of the Tummidihetti barrage on the Pranahita river.

During a meeting with Union Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil, Reddy sought the Centre's intervention to persuade Maharashtra to agree to raising the barrage height from the earlier proposed 148 metres to 150 metres, according to a state government statement.

The barrage is part of the Pranahita-Chevella irrigation project and is proposed at Tummidihetti village in Kouthala mandal of the erstwhile Adilabad district.

Reddy said a 150-metre barrage would enable Telangana to utilise its allocated Go...