The Center appointed A.K. Bajaj Committee of irrigation and power experts had concluded a 3 day visit to Telangana and Andhra states on Wednesday. The committee said it has no authority to allocate waters being diverted from Godavari to Krishna Basin by Andhra Pradesh to Telangana.

The panel said that it was the job of tribunals constituted for the purpose. The assertion has come as a shocker to Telangana, the state which kept hopes on getting its share from the Godavari water being diverted to Krishna Basin since the matter is included in the terms of reference of the committee set up by the Union water resource ministry.  Vidyasagar Rao said that the Telangana government will lodge a complaint with the Union water resources ministry for going back on its promise to consider sharing of waters diverted from by Godavari to Krishna Basin through Pattiseema and Polavaram projects.