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(THE GIST OF PIB) Krishna River

(JANUARY-2025)

The Telangana government has welcomed the order of the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II (KWDT-II) to adjudicate the matter of water allocation between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh based on the new terms of reference (TOR) provided under Section 3 of the Interstate River Water Disputes Act (ISRWD), 1956.

In terms of water inflows and river basins, Krishna is the fourth largest river after Ganga, Godavari, and Brahmaputra.

It rises in western Maharashtra in the Western Ghats range near Mahabaleshwar, about 64 km from the Arabian Sea.
It passes through Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh and meets the Bay of Bengal at Hamasaladeevi in Andhra Pradesh, on the east coast.
Total Length: 1300 km
The Krishna River Basin extends over an area of about 258,948 sq. km, which is nearly 8 percent of the total geographical area of the country.
It is bounded by the Balaghat range on the north, by the Eastern Ghats on the south and the east, and by the Western Ghats on the west.
Its principal tributaries joining from the right are the Ghatprabha, the Malprabha, and the Tungabhadra, whereas those joining from the left are the Bhima, the Musi, and the Munneru.