Hyderabad, May 27 -- Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has written to his Maharashtra counterpart, Devendra Fadnavis, seeking time to discuss the Tummidihatti barrage, now part of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS).

Reddy informed Fadnavis that the Telangana irrigation officials needed time to prepare for the discussion and urged the latter to fix a date for discussing the issue.

The letter mentioned that the Maharashtra government had agreed to allow a height of 148 meter for Tummidihatti barrage's full reservoir level (FRL), not enough to fulfil the irrigation needs of Telangana.

If Telangana is allowed to increase the dam's height, it would allow the flow of Godavari waters through gravity. This would not cause any...