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The floods in 2006 and 2009 emphasise the potential involvement

of numerous human activities in the causes of flooding. To lessen
the socio-economic damages that such major disasters bring into
the Krishna River Basin, significant efforts must be made. Several
employees have also complained about water quality difficulties,

which are primarily the result of outflows from industrial towns
like Pune, Satara, Kurnool, and Vijayawada. The recommendation
to reduce the impact brought on by human disturbances (engineers,
management specialists, geologists, economists, agricultural

scientists, water quality chemists, government experts, etc.) must be
followed. A river (basin) must be used by humans for socioeconomic
gain, but this should be accompanied with more responsibility for
basin preservation.

The Waters of Krishna Basin in the states of Andhra Pradesh
and Telangana are managed and regulated by the Krishna River
Management Board (KRMB), an independent organisation
constituted in accordance with the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation

Act, 2014, and under the administrative supervision of Ministry of
Water Resources. The Government of the successor states shall always
provide to the Board the necessary funds to meet all expenses required
for the discharge of its functions, as stated in Section 86, Paragraph 2,

of the AP Reorganization Act, 2014. One of the 13 projects recently
approved by the Centre under the “Save Rivers” programme was the
conservation of the two perennial rivers, the Krishna and Godavari,
which run through the two Telugu states and upper riparian States

like Karnataka and Maharashtra. The official stated that the key
initiatives under the action plan will be to maintain ecological balance,
preserve the flora and wildlife along the riverbanks, take strict action
against sand mining in the two rivers, and implement a plantation

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