vijayawada a report submitted by the central water commission cwc is likely to put an end to the water tussle between ap and telangana the cwc in its report made it clear that top priority should be given to the drinking water needs in both ap and telangana while utilizing waters from srisailam and nagarjuna sagar projects it told the krishna river management board krmb not to allow any state to go for power generation until the drinking water and irrigation needs are met cwc has also directed that minimum water level should be maintained at 854ft between june 1 and october 31 the water season for krishna river basin the cwc report is going to be the basis for reservoir management committee rmc to design the rule curve for srisailam and nagarjuna sagar projects rmc is expected to hold discussions with the officials from both ap and telanana shortly as the deadline to finalise the rule curve is fast approaching it may be recalled that telangana governments decision to utilize the waters for power generation is frequently triggering tensions between two states while ap has been contending that water should be released only after taking an indent from the lower riparian stateapkeeping in view of its irrigation and drinking water needs telangana has been arguing that srisailam project is basically a power generation project and there is no need to wait for the permissions from ap the opposite lines taken by the two states have been creating troubles in both the states particularly in meeting the irrigation needs of the droughthit areas with a view to resolving all the issues krmb set up reservoir management committee rmc in may last krmb asked the rmc to ready the roadmap for water releases to both the states rmc was also mandated to decide whether to take the surplus waters into the assured quotas or ignore the surplus waters after discussing with the officials from both the states the then board member rk pillai and encs of irrigation and directors of gencos from both the states were members of the committee the rmc held several meeting in the last one year and looked almost clinching the deal after initially agreeing to the pact telangana officials backtracked on decision to sign on the agreement during a meeting held in the december last this prompted board chairman shiv nandan kumar to place the rmc report before the full board meeting held last week subsequently krmb chairman convinced both the states to revive the rmc to draft the rule cuve afresh