Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin urged Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, not to move forward with building new reservoirs across the Kosasthalaiyar River because doing so would reduce the amount of water that enters the Poondi reservoir and cause a water shortage in Chennai.
Stalin said that, in addition to having an impact on the drinking water supply in the upper reaches, the construction of new reservoirs across the river would adversely damage Chennai’s water supply.
Stalin said in the letter that he had learned that the Andhra Pradesh administration had authorized the construction of two reservoirs across the Kosasthalaiyar river without consulting the Tamil Nadu government.
The Union Home Minister has alerted the states of the country in the wake of the Indo-Pak War. The Telangana government and police, which were immediately alerted, took preemptive measures. Security has been tightened in Hyderabad.
Thirty-two airports across northern and western parts of the country, including Srinagar and Amritsar, have been closed for civilian flight operations till May 15, according to the civil aviation regulator.
In view of the ongoing high alert across India and intensified security arrangements in Hyderabad and Secunderabad, the city police have issued a ban on bursting firecrackers or fireworks in public spaces, particularly near military cantonment areas.
India responded strongly to Pakistan’s repeated drone and missile attacks and hit at least eight military targets inside Pakistan on Friday night with precision, thereby causing significant damage, the Centre told the media, as part of a special briefing on ‘Operation Sindoor’.