Bhubaneswar: Even as the tussle between Odisha and neighbouring Chhattisgarh over the use of Mahanadi river water refuses to die down, the latter’s under construction hydro power project on the upstream of Ib river has posed a threat to the course of this tributary of Mahanadi. Sources said the Chhattisgarh government is constructing Gullu Hydro […]
Cuttack: Almost a month after National Green Tribunal (NGT) asked the district administration to keep the Mahanadi and Kathjori riverbeds free from dumping of garbage and household waste material, the district Collector has asked Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) authorities to ensure that no garbage is thrown into the two rivers. Meanwhile, authorities of State Water […]
Bhubaneswar: Normal life came to a stand still in many parts of the state due to a dawn-to-dusk bandh called by Congress to protest against the Chhattisgarh government’s unilateral move of constructing barrages and dams in the upper catchment areas of Mahanadi. Agitating members of the party staged road blockades by burning tyres and picketing. […]
OPCC chief Prasad Harichandan today said the 12-hour bandh called by the party in the State tomorrow will be a reprimand to both the Odisha and Chhaatisgarh State governments and a solution to the Mahanadi water issue will come out
Bhubaneswar: Hitting out at Chhattisgarh for undertaking a series of constructions on river Mahanadi unilaterally, chief minister Naveen Patnaik today said the move by the neighbouring state is against the federal spirit. He said Odisha is working efficiently to resolve the dispute within the ambit of the Indian constitution. “A state should not try to […]
The BJP today alleged that the ruling BJD government is trying to rake up Mahanadi issue only to hoodwink the people of Odisha
Bhubaneswar: Intensifying its protest on the Mahanadi issue, Congress on Friday announced that it would observe an Odisha bandh on August 16. A decision in this regard was taken at an important meeting of senior party leaders chaired by Odisha Pradesh Congress President (OPCC) Prasad Harichandan at the party office here. “Both Odisha and Chhattisgarh […]
Bhubaneswar: The Congress today alleged that the Odisha government is doing petty politics on the Mahanadi issue. Briefing media persons here today, leader of the Opposition Narasingh Mishra said all political parties in Odisha, except the ruling BJD, are strongly opposed to the construction of projects in the upper reaches of Mahanadi by the Chhattisgarh […]
Nayagarh: As many as 12 persons were injured when a bus veered off road and fell into the Mahanadi river near Dankarisahi under Gania block of Nayagarh district this morning. All the injured were admitted to the Gania hospital following the accident. Out of the injured, five were later shifted to the Nayagarh district headquarters […]
A team of political leaders barring the ruling BJD and representatives of NGOs and civil society organisations (CSOs) today submitted a memorandum addressed to the President of India to Governor SC Jamir at Raj Bhawan seeking his intervention to solve the ongoing dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh over the sharing of Mahanadi water
Bilaspur: In a statement that is certain to be contested by Odisha, the senior-most engineer of the Water Resources department in Chhattisgarh today asserted that there would be no impact on Odisha if barrages are constructed in the upper reaches of River Mahanadi. “During monsoon season, the volume of water released by the Chhattisgarh government […]
BJD vice president and Rajya Sabha MP Prasanna Acharya, who is leading the 12-member BJD team visiting Chhattisgarh for an on the spot verification of the projects on the upstream of Mahanadi river, today alleged that the neighbouring state is constructing barrages to supply water to industries
The Joint Control Board proposed by the Centre can never solve the dispute relating to Mahanadi river water sharing between Odisha and Chhattisgarh. What Odisha needs to get its grievances redressed is a River Board to be formed by the Centre, senior BJP leader Bijoy Mohapatra said here today
A three-member team, led by an assistant executive engineer of the Odisha Ib Investigation division, has visited the site at Shanko under Samadaga panchayat in Chhattisgarh where an anicut is to be built by the neighbouring State on the upper catchment area of the Ib river, a tributary of the Mahanadi river
A day ahead of the visit of a 12-member BJD team to Chhattisgarh for an on the spot verification of under construction projects on Mahanadi river, Janata Congress chief and ex-chief minister of the neighbouring state Ajit Jogi today said it would oppose the tour of the Odisha ruling party leaders in a peaceful manner
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