Hyderabad, Aug. 27 -- The Central Water Commission (CWC) has convened a meeting of senior officials from Telangana and Maharashtra on September 1 in New Delhi to review technical and inter-state issues concerning the proposed Tummidihetti barrage on the Pranahita river, a long-pending project between the two states.

The meeting, to be chaired by the CWC Chairman at Sewa Bhawan, follows sustained efforts by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy to get the Centre to intervene and resolve the dispute, according to a statement issued by the state government.

Height dispute core of row

Revanth Reddy had written to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on May 26 seeking a meeting between the two states to arrive at a mutually acceptable solu...