Tag: Mahanadi Water Dispute

Angul: Protesting poor condition of healthcare services, a group of social activists showed black flags to Health Minister Pratap Jena near Thana Chhak here on Friday. The Minister was on his way to attend a presser on the BJD-sponsored Mahanadi Surakhya Abhiyan in Athamalik of the district when the activists showed black flags to his […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after senior ruling party leader Damodar Rout expressed his displeasure over being sidelined and not given opportunity to speak on Mahanadi water dispute in Odisha Assembly, his son and party’s State secretary, Sambit Routray today termed such attitude towards his father as unfortunate. Speaking in favour of his father, Sambit said it […]

Bhubaneswar: Senior ruling party leader, Damodar Rout today expressed his displeasure for being sidelined by the party and not getting an opportunity to speak on Mahanadi water dispute in the Odisha Assembly. “I asked Prasanna Acharya today morning why I am not being invited during discussions on Mahanadi and was not allowed to speak on […]

Bhubaneswar: Targeting both the Centre and the Chhattisgarh Government on the Mahanadi water dispute, the ruling-BJD in Odisha will launch a campaign – ‘Mahanadi Suraksha Abhiyan’ from May 16. The party has formed two teams for the campaign, which will begin from Ambabhona in Bargarh district and Lakhanpur in Jharsuguda district and culminate at Paradip […]

Nayagarh: At a time when the Odisha and Chhattisgarh governments are at loggerheads over Mahanadi water, the adverse impact of the ongoing construction of barrages by the neighbouring State is now being felt in Nayagarh district. As per sources, the river water flowing in several water bodies in 10 Gram Panchayats of Khandapada block in […]

Bhubaneswar: There was lack of foresight, said spokesperson of the ruling-BJD, Pratap Deb in an interview to a local news channel, adding further, “We should have known about their (Chhattisgarh government) intentions behind construction of one project after another on Mahanadi River.” “Had we thought of that, we would have thwarted their conspiracy. I accept […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when ongoing Mahanadi water dispute continues to keep State politics charged, the ruling-BJD was visibly irked over another barrage on Mahanadi River for which the Chhattisgarh government has reportedly invited tender. On the third day of the second phase of the Budget Session of Odisha Assembly today, BJD legislator Amar Satpathy […]

Bhubaneswar: In what could augur well for the ongoing second phase of the Budget Session, an all-party meeting held today reached a consensus for a discussion on the Mahanadi water dispute in Odisha Assembly on Friday. Soon after the House began for the day today, Congress legislators started demanding suspension of the ‘Question Hour’ to […]

Bhubaneswar: With the Union Water Resources Minister Arjun Ram Meghawal scheduled to visit 5 states, including Odisha and Chhattisgarh over the inter-state river disputes on April 16, the Odisha has turned the heat on Centre for delay in providing the Terms of reference (TOR) for Mahanadi tribunal and construction of barrages on River Maini (the […]

New Delhi/ Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s stand was vindicated after Supreme Court on Tuesday directed Centre to constitute a Tribunal to resolve the ongoing Mahanadi water dispute with Chhattisgarh. The apex court while hearing the matter, directed Centre to form the Tribunal within a month. Speaking in this regard, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said “Mahanadi is the […]

Bhubaneswar: Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari has urged Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to settle the Mahanadi water dispute with Chhattisgarh through mutual discussion. In a letter to CM Naveen, the Union Minister said that formation of tribunal on such dispute only delays the solution. Records show that solution to water disputes through tribunals take […]

New Delhi/ Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD in Odisha has now intensified the ongoing stir against Centre over Mahanadi dispute with its members joining the All Party ‘Satyagraha’ Mahanadi Bachao Andolan in front of Parliament today. Moreover, the BJD members will again move an adjournment motion in both the houses – Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha […]

New Delhi: BJD parliamentarians today moved an adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha on the Mahanadi water dispute. With the Speaker of the Lok Sabha yet to accept the notice, BJD MPs would move the same motion tomorrow as well, informed sources. The party MPs in the Upper House of the Parliament have also moved […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Friday filed a counter affidavit in Supreme Court accusing the Centre of providing misleading information on the ongoing Mahanadi water dispute with Chhattisgarh. The step comes after the Centre submitted an affidavit before the Supreme Court contending that there is no need to constitute a tribunal to resolve the Mahanadi river […]

Bhubaneswar: Alleging that the Centre betrayed Odisha by violating the law and not keeping its commitment to constitute a tribunal to resolve the Mahanadi water dispute, the State government today said it would draw the attention of the Supreme Court which is scheduled to hear a case in this regard early next month. The ruling […]