Tag: Mahanadi

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said the water bearing capacity of Hirakud dam has considerably decreased. “The water bearing capacity of Hirakud dam, which was 5834 million cubic feet after its construction, has now come down to 4823 million cubic feet,” Patnaik said in a written reply to a question by BJD member Prafulla […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after Odisha government moved Supreme Court by seeking an injunction against Chhattisgarh’s ‘unilateral’ construction on Mahanadi river, Water Resources minister of the neighbouring government on Sunday said Odisha can move anywhere to solve the issue. “We got to know that the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government has sought an injunction from the apex […]

Bhubaneswar: The BJP would raise the issues pertaining to law and order and deteriorating health services during the winter session of the State Assembly beginning tomorrow. “Our party would raise the law and order situation in Odisha which is now in a shambles. Among other issues, deteriorating health services resulting in the mass death of […]

Bhubaneswar: Further intensifying its fight at an administrative level, Odisha chief secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi sought immediate halt to the work of various projects on the upper catchment areas of Mahanadi through a letter to his Chhattisgarh counterpart today. Padhi has also requested the neighbouring State to release the required amount of water needed for […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Water resources secretary Pradeep Jena today said that the State government is hopeful of getting favourable ruling after it filed a petition with the Union Water Resources ministry for formation of a tribunal to resolve the ongoing Mahanadi row. “Odisha government has filed a complaint petition under Section 3 of the Interstate River […]

By Rashmi Ranjan Mohanty Cuttack: After the National Green Tribunal (NGT) gave its nod for Baliyatra, beginning from November 14, the district administration has geared up for the week-long annual festival in which Pallishree mela is going to be the centre of attraction this year. According to sources, Odisha Rural Development and Marketing Society (ORMAS) […]

Cuttack: Intensifying its protest against Mahanadi and Polavaram projects, Biju Janta Dal (BJD) launched a signature drive in Cuttack on Friday. The drive was inaugurated by party supremo and chief minister Naveen Patnaik at Christian field in front of Anand Bahwan in the city. As part of the campaign, signatures of each family of the […]

Bhubaneswar: The memorandum submitted by the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) led by its president and the Leader of Opposition Narasingh Mishra to the President of India on the ongoing Mahanadi row in New Delhi a fortnight ago, has been referred to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). Informing this to the media here today, Mishra said […]

Bhubaneswar: Ostensibly observing that no legal battle would work in its favour to solve the Mahanadi water use dispute with neighbouring Chhattisgarh government, the Odisha government has decided to approach the Supreme Court for an amicable settlement. The decision of the government, contrary to its statement post the tripartite talk with Chhattisgarh government and Centre […]

Bhubaneswar: With no resolution to the Mahanadi water dispute in sight, the ball has now been thrown into President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s court. While the ruling BJD has sought the intervention of the Prime Minister, the Congress led by Opposition leader Narsingh Mishra will meet the President of India today to […]

Bhubaneswar: With no resolution to the Mahanadi water dispute in sight, the ball has now been thrown into President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s court. While the ruling BJD has sought the intervention of the Prime Minister, the Congress led by Opposition leader Narsingh Mishra will meet the President of India tomorrow to […]

Bhubaneswar: Stoking the Mahanadi water controversy further, Water Resources minister of Chhattisgarh Brijmohan Agarwal has said that once the data on Mahanadi is available, Odisha will be exposed. According to Brijmohan, Odisha is using more water than stipulated in the Hirakud agreement and once the information is out, Odisha will be unmasked. “The Hirakud dam […]

Cuttack: In a tragic incident, two youths drowned in Mahanadi near Gadagadia Ghat this morning. Reports said the three youths, belonging to Telegu community had gone for immersion of Solapua Maa Ghata when two of them slipped into the deep waters. While one of them managed to swim to the shore, the two others drowned. […]

Bhubaneswar: It seems chief minister Naveen Patnaik doesn’t want to pursue a legal fight to resolve the Mahanadi water sharing issue with Chhattisgarh, if his public address on Sunday during the party’s Jan Sampark Jatra is anything to go by. Patnaik sought Prime Minster Narendra Modi’s intervention in this regard, two days after urging the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition Congress on Tuesday said it would approach the President of India to help resolve the contentious Mahanadi water sharing issue between Odisha and the neighbouring Chhattishgarh governments. Informing this to media, Leader of Opposition Narasingha Mishra said a draft letter is being prepared for this which will be sent to the President […]