Flow and ebb
The Telugu Ganga Project was conceived in the 1970s by the then prime minister Indira Gandhi, Telugu leader N T Rama Rao and Tamil leader M G Ramachandran. All the three are now dead, leaving the fate of the project to the ever fluctuating equations between the chief ministers of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh (AP). Water supply from the project to Chennai has been severely reduced by seepage as well as pilfering farmers.
As far back as 1976, AP, Maharashtra and Karnataka agreed to divert 12 thousand million cubic feet (TMC ft) to Chennai every year. But the project's first phase was commissioned only in 1996. It was expected to bring 5 TMC ft
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