Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today succeeded in building rapport with his Karnataka counterpart Siddaramaiah by visiting Bangalore with regard to resolving problems related to Thungabadra right bank canals. Both the chief ministers today agreed for modernisation of Tungabhadra right bank and high and low level canals. Senior officials of both states were also present in their meeting.Speaking at a joint press briefing along with Naidu and Siddaramaiah said both governments had decided to go ahead with the modernisation without altering the original capacity of the canal flow, without affecting the issues settled by the tribunal on sharing of waters and also the pending cases before the Supreme Court.
Though Karnataka is ruled by Congress party, Naidu took initiative for a amicable understanding of the problem with the chief minister unlike his strained relationship with his counterpart in Telangana.The Tungabhadra Board was constituted in 1953 for regulating water for irrigation, hydropower generation and other uses from the reservoir. The dam, a joint project of both the states located near Hospet in Karnataka, is constructed across Tungabhadra River, which starts in the state and flows through Andhra Pradesh.
