Hyderabad: Former minister and senior BRS leader T Harish Rao on Friday, August 7, wrote to Union Minister for Jal Shakti C.R. Patil, seeking his intervention in protecting Telangana’s “legitimate water rights”. These approvals were accorded by the Ministry of Jal Shakti.” Hon’ble Union Minister for Jal Shakti Shri @CRPaatil ji seeking urgent intervention under Section 85 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, to protect Telangana’s legitimate water rights. Such a precedent, he said, would adversely affect irrigation development, drinking water security, and the livelihoods of millions of farmers in Telangana.