Hyderabad: Telangana has claimed nearly 70 per cent of the Krishna river water, which was earlier allocated to the erstwhile united Andhra Pradesh, state Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy said on Tuesday.

Addressing a press conference in the national capital, the minister said the state is fighting for an equitable share of the river’s water before the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II (KWDT-II).

According to him, the case has reached its final stage with Telangana presenting its concluding arguments since February this year.

Telangana has been presenting its final arguments over the past several months through senior advocate S Vaidyanathan, who has been allotted three days to argue the state’s case in detail, a press release from Reddy’s office said.

The Minister said Telanga

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