Hyderabad, Aug. 7 -- Former minister and senior BRS leader T Harish Rao on Friday, August 7, wrote to Union Minister for Jal Shakti C.R. Patil, seeking his intervention in protecting Telangana's "legitimate water rights".

Sharing the letter on X, Rao wrote: "I am requesting the Union Government to direct the Godavari River Management Board (GMRB) to withdraw Agenda Items 18.3.1, 18.3.6 and 18.3.11, which seek to reopen and review statutory approvals already granted to key Telangana irrigation projects. These approvals were accorded by the Ministry of Jal Shakti."

In his letter, he said the agenda seeks reconsideration of approvals granted to key Telangana irrigation projects such as Kaleshwaram, Choutupally Hanumantha Reddy, Mukteshwara...