Published 12:54 IST, September 24th 2019

Jagan Mohan Reddy & KCR decide to link rivers and discuss bifurcation

YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and K Chandrashekhar Rao decided to link Godavari and Krishna river water. The two Chief Ministers chose a give and take approach.

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Chief Minister of Telangana, K Chandrashekhar Rao and Chief Minister of Andhra Presh, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday decided to divert Godavari river water to Krishna river with least possible land acquisition. two chief ministers discussed for several hours about decision, also talking on bifurcation issues, an official statement from Rao's office reportedly said.

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Interlinking Godavari and Krishna river water

two chief ministers discussed transfer of flow of river and how it will benefit both states. statement reportedly declared that two leers opted a 'give and take' approach. On Monday, offical twitter account of Telangana CMO posted meet of K Chandrashekhar Rao and YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. 

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Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao also requested Jagan Mohan Reddy to train 4,000 policemen as Telangana government will be recruiting as many as 18,000 policemen. Reddy responded positively to request, release reportedly said. Earlier, two leers h decided to share Godavari river water for benefit of both states.

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09:05 IST, September 24th 2019