Consensus on Mahanadi-Godavari interlinking in six months: Uma Bharati

Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharati on Monday said a consensus on interlinking of Mahanadi and Godavari rivers will be reached in the next six months after the joint committee’s report is examined

UMA BHARTI

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharati on Monday said a consensus on interlinking of Mahanadi and Godavari rivers will be reached in the next six months after the joint committee’s report is examined.

Bharati, who chaired the eighth meeting of the special committee for Inter-Linking of Rivers (ILR) in New Delhi, said she will discuss the project in detail with Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik after studying the committee’s report.