Andhra Water War

The war of words between the Chief Ministers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh continues; this time, it's over who is responsible for the dire situation farmers of India's newly-created state find themselves in.

There is a deceptive calm over the proposed 17000-crore rupees Polavaram irrigation project area in Andhra Pradesh. This is in sharp contrast to the high-decibel political voices for and against the project that has been in the pipeline for 60 years now. Nageswara Rao, like many other farmers here has already lost his 2-acre land because of the dig...

On the New Year's Eve, a day after the Srikrishna Committee on Telangana had submitted its report to the Union government, Venkataiah hanged himself to death. His borewells and crops had repeatedly failed, debts mounted and hope had perished."I have five children. The borewell failed. We have more than 3-4 lakh rupees in debt,'' said  Chandrak...

Former Congress MP and the late YSR's son Jaganmohan Reddy has brought his water war to the national Capital.He is on a day-long fast at Jantar Mantar to protest the "injustice" meted out to Andhra Pradesh in the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal verdict. The former Congress MP from Kadapa, who had resigned from the party on November last year, arriv...

The war of words between the Chief Ministers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh continues; this time, it's over who is responsible for the dire situation farmers of India's newly-created state find themselves in.

There is a deceptive calm over the proposed 17000-crore rupees Polavaram irrigation project area in Andhra Pradesh. This is in sharp contrast to the high-decibel political voices for and against the project that has been in the pipeline for 60 years now. Nageswara Rao, like many other farmers here has already lost his 2-acre land because of the dig...

On the New Year's Eve, a day after the Srikrishna Committee on Telangana had submitted its report to the Union government, Venkataiah hanged himself to death. His borewells and crops had repeatedly failed, debts mounted and hope had perished."I have five children. The borewell failed. We have more than 3-4 lakh rupees in debt,'' said  Chandrak...

Former Congress MP and the late YSR's son Jaganmohan Reddy has brought his water war to the national Capital.He is on a day-long fast at Jantar Mantar to protest the "injustice" meted out to Andhra Pradesh in the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal verdict. The former Congress MP from Kadapa, who had resigned from the party on November last year, arriv...