The Centre is considering the option of letting tribunals decide the tricky issues of how Telangana and the residuary state of Andhra Pradesh should share water and power. A beleaguered Delhi wants to avoid direct responsibility if these sensitive issues later turn politically explosive, government officials told The Telegraph. “Each of the two proposed states is at the other’s throat,” an official said. Secretaries from key Union ministries met this afternoon to discuss how each should approach the division of assets between the two states. Union home secretary Anil Goswami chaired the meeting. A bureaucrat said: “The Group of Ministers on Telangana will be given alternatives (by the ministries) that would include leaving the decision to a tribunal.” Sources said ...

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