Tag: 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

New Delhi/ Bhubaneswar: The tripartite meeting called by the Union Water Resources department to resolve the Mahanadi issue is underway at the Shram Shakti Bhawan in Delhi. The meeting which started at 12 in the noon, is being chaired by Union Water Resources minister Uma Bharti. Prior to attending the meeting, chief minister Naveen Patnaik […]

Cuttack: Even as chief minister Naveen Patnaik left for Delhi to attend the tripartite meet on Mahanadi issue, a misc case was filed on Friday in High Court seeking to make the BJD supremo and Central Water Commission (CWC) parties in the public interest litigation (PIL) filed on the issue. The petitioner, Mahanadi Banchao Mancha, […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik left for Delhi today afternoon to attend a tripartite meeting tomorrow regarding finding a solution to the Mahanadi water row. The chief minister will present the view of the State on the Mahanadi issue at the tripartite meeting, which will be attended by Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh and Union […]