Tag: Mahanadi

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Two drown in Mahanadi

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. […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Naveen reiterates demand for PM’s intervention in Mahanadi issue

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 […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Mahanadi dispute: Oppn to approach President

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 […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Assembly stalled amid ruckus over Mahanadi

Bhubaneswar: Opposition Congress and BJP today created heavy noise in the well of Odisha Assembly demanding clarification from chief minister on government’s stand on Mahanadi forcing the Speaker to adjourn the House till 3 pm. Soon after the House assembled for the day, Congress members followed by BJP stormed into the well shouting slogans. Opposition […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Mahanadi row returns to stall Assembly proceedings

Bhubaneswar: After two days of long marathon discussion, the Mahanadi water row again came back to stall Odisha Assembly on Monday with the prevailing pandemonium by the Opposition parties. Soon after the House assembled, members of BJP and Congress rushed to the well and protested against the speech of chief minister Naveen Patnaik on the […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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State govt rejects Centre's proposal to set up committee on Mahanadi

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said the Centre has proposed to set up an expert committee to look into the Mahanadi water issue but the state government rejected it as it did not stop construction on the river in Chhattisgarh. Two-days ago the state government received a letter from the Union Water Resources […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Congress blames Patnaik for Mahanadi water dispute

Bhubaneswar:  Congress on Friday said it would support the Odisha government to protect the State’s interest in the Mahanadi water dispute with Chhattisgarh but blamed Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for the situation. “We are ready to accompany the Chief Minister and meet the Prime Minister for resolving the Mahanadi issue,” Leader of Opposition Narasingha Mishra […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Mahanadi water row to rock House today

Bhubaneswar: The Mahanadi water row is likely to rock the Odisha Assembly today as a debate on the issue is scheduled to be held on basis of a motion moved by the ruling party yesterday. While the BJD will bring the attention of the House on how Chhattisgarh managed to build barrages on the upper […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Opp flays govt for misleading report on upper Mahanadi barrages

Bhubaneswar:  The Opposition Congress and BJP today came down heavily on the double standards of the BJD government on the Mahanadi issue. They said the state government, which in a statement in the State Assembly in 2010 had said the barrages on upper Mahanadi will have no impact on Hirakud reservoir as the water inflow […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Logjam continues in Odisha Assembly

Bhubaneswar: Logjam continued for the second day of the Monsoon Session at the Odisha Assembly as the ruling BJD created a ruckus over the Mahanadi and Polavarm issues. Soon after the Assembly proceedings began, the BJD leaders raised slogans against the Centre over the Mahanadi and Polavarm issues. Opposition Congress members also stormed into the […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
Ruling BJD stalls House over Polavaram, Mahanadi

Bhubaneswar: As expected, the Monsoon session of the Odisha Assembly began on a stormy note and had to be adjourned by the speaker following ruckus over Mahanadi and Polavarm issues. The uproar started as soon as the proceedings began with ruling MLAs shouting slogans against Centre and Chhattisgarh over Mahanadi water dispute even during the […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Stormy start to monsoon session of Odisha Assembly

Bhubaneswar: The Monsoon session of Odisha Assembly took off with a stormy note with ruling MLAs shouting against Centre and Chhattisgarh over Mahanadi water dispute even during the recitation of national anthem. Unable to run, Speaker Niranjan Pujari adjourned the House till 3 pm. Opposition Congress termed it is a disregard to the national anthem. […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Monsoon session of Odisha Assembly likely to be stormy

Bhubaneswar: The monsoon session of the Odisha Assembly scheduled to begin tomorrow is most likely to be stormy. While the Opposition Congress and BJP will try to corner the government over the issues like the Mahanadi, Polavaram, Kandhamal firing, Nagada deaths, the ruling BJD has also prepared itself to counter the opposition onslaught. “The Congress […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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State Cabinet approves stand of Odisha govt on Mahanadi issue: Chief Secy

Bhubaneswar: The State Cabinet which met here today to discuss the ongoing Mahanadi water row, has unequivocally supported the stand of the Odisha government, said chief secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi. “As the Chhattisgarh government declined to stop work, the State Cabinet felt there is no option but to explore other means to protect the interest […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Mahanadi row: Tripartite meeting fails, Odisha plans to move SC

New Delhi: The much awaited tripartite meeting convened by Union Water Resources minister Uma Bharti in the national capital today to resolve the ongoing Mahanadi water row between Odisha and Chhattisgarh remained inconclusive as both the states remained adamant on their stand. “As you know, Mahanadi is the lifeline of Odisha as 65 percent of […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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