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 […]
Sambalpur: Sounds incredible, but true. An 18-year-old girl of Sarangarh area of Chhattisgarh, who had slipped into deep waters Mahanadi on Tuesday evening, was rescued alive by three Odisha fishermen from Hirakud reservoir, about 50 km from her locality, after 12 hours on Wednesday morning. Talking to OTV today, the teenage girl, Soni Yadav, who […]
Bhubaneswar: The State is well prepared for the discussion at the tripartite meeting to be held on September 17 in Delhi on Mahanadi river water dispute between Odisha and Chhatisgarh. Chief minister Naveen Patnaik informed this after convening a high level meeting with top ministers including Debi Mishra, Bikram Keshari Arukh, Usha Devi and Bijayshree […]
The BJD fact finding team, which had gone to Chhattisgarh recently for an on-the-spot study of the existing and upcoming projects in upper Mahanadi, submitted its report to chief minister Naveen Patnaik at Naveen Niwas this afternoon
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Congress today announced formation of committees at the state, block and panchayat level for the ensuing panchayat polls scheduled in February next year. Briefing media persons after presiding over the PCC Coordination Committee meeting, PCC president Prasad Harichandan said for the overall management of panchayat polls, campaigning and selection of candidates, Pradesh […]
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today proposed the Water Resources ministry to fix the tripartite meeting with the ministry and the Chhattisgarh government on September 17 to discuss about the ongoing Mahanadi row. Prior to the proposed meeting, the Odisha government has convened a preparatory meeting on September 12 to take a decision on the […]
Bhubaneswar: With the Chhattisgarh government returning the volley to Odisha government in the exchange of letters in the Mahanadi water usage row and alleging the latter for not sharing complete information on the river projects, the ongoing issue seems to remain unsettled before the State heads meet later in the month to solve the matter. […]
Cuttack: Fire Services personnel recovered the bodies of three students who drowned while taking bath in Mahanadi river at Gadagadia Ghat on the outskirts of the city this afternoon. The bodies have been identified as those of Srusti Pal, Sandeep Kumar and Pritam Priyadarshi, all of them students of National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) […]
Though the Chhattisgarh government, has of late started the process of sharing information on the projects undertaken by it in the upper reaches of Mahanadi, the Odisha government has sought complete information about all the ongoing and proposed projects as the information it has received so far is incomplete
BJD, the ruling party in the state, today said the meeting of the chief ministers of Odisha and Chhattisgarh proposed to be called by Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharati in an effort to resolve the dispute between the two states over the sharing of Mahanadi water will not be fruitful in the absence of the required information sought by Odisha from the Chhattisgarh government on the issue
Cuttack: In a tragic incident, a student of Sri Sri University at Bidyadharpur near Naraj in Cuttack district drowned in Mahanadi while taking bath around noon today. Following information, fire brigade and Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) teams rushed to the spot and began a search operation to fish out the body of the […]
Union Water Resources minister Uma Bharti today assured Odisha that no injustice will be done to it in resolving the dispute with Chhattisgarh over sharing of Mahanadi water. While making it clear that the Centre wants the Mahanadi issue to be resolved through mutual understanding between Odisha and Chhattisgarh, she informed that CMs of both the states will be asked to come to Delhi on a suitable date between September 10 and 20 to discuss the matter and resolve the issue
Even as the BJD has intensified its statewide agitation in Odisha in protest against unilateral construction of projects by the Chhattisgarh government in the upper catchments of Mahanadi, it is now revealed that the Odisha government was aware of the construction of seven projects, including Arpa-Bhaisajhar barrage project, at least three years ago
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