Karnataka, Maharashtra agree to resolve water sharing issues
Bengaluru: Karnataka and Maharashtra on Saturday decided to have better coordination and communication regarding flood management and water supply in the drought-hit regions of both the states.
Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and state Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai held a high level meeting with Maharashtra Water Resource Minister Jayant Patil here to resolve the water related issues between the two states.
Addressing reporters after the meet, Yediyurappa said both the states have agreed to share real time data on rainfall and water release from reservoirs both in Krishna and Bhima basin in order to manage the floods effectively.
"We discussed various issues regarding flood management in Krishna and Bheema river basins.
It was decided to have better coordination and communication between two states at ministerial level, Secretaries level and at the field level," the CM said.
It was resolved that a technical team will work towards getting four TMC water from Maharashtra and in return release water to the drought hit areas of the western state, the Chief Minister said.
The two states also agreed to complete the Dudhganga dam project at the earliest and Maharashtra will also fund it.
"Maharashtra will also supply enough funds for the completion of Dudhganga dam," Patil said in the press conference.
Pointing to the shortage of water during April and May in the Krishna basin region, Bommai said since 2013, Maharashtra has been charging money for the release of water to the state.
However, it has been agreed upon that Karnataka will not pay but will supply water to the drought-hit Jath taluk of Maharashtra during the rainy season.
For the past three years, the state has been witnessing flood in Krishna and Bhima rivers following downpour in its catchment areas in Maharashtra.
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Intermediate student jumps to death in Andhra Pradesh
Somaladoddi (Andhra Pradesh), Jan 23 (PTI): A 16-year-old boy jumped to death from the third floor of his junior college on Thursday here in Anantapur district, said a police official.
Anantapur Rural sub-divisional police officer T Vekateshulu said the boy just returned to college from Sankranti holidays on Thursday morning and died by suicide at 11:55 am.
"After the holidays, this boy came to the college around 9:30 am on Thursday. While the class was going on, around 11:55 am, he suddenly came out from the classroom and jumped from the third floor," Venkateshulu told PTI.
Immediately, the college management shifted the injured boy to a local hospital where doctors examined him and declared that he was dead. Police said the intermediate student hailed from Ramapuram village of Batthenapalli mandal in Sri Sathyasai District.
The suicide of the boy pursuing intermediate first year at Narayana Junior College was captured on CCTV cameras. The recording shows him rising from his bench and straightaway proceeding to jump from the third floor unperturbed, police said.
Meanwhile, police are taking a complaint from the boy's parents to register a case and investigate further.
AP: Intermediate student jumps to death, CCTV captures incident
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A 16-year-old student died by suicide after jumping from the third floor of his junior college building on Thursday, January 23 in the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh (AP).
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