Tag: Mahanadi

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

Bhubaneswar: The 12-member BJD delegation will leave for Chhattisgarh today to conduct ground inspection of the projects being undertaken by the neighbouring State on river Mahanadi. The team will reach the spot tomorrow after a brief halt at Jharsuguda today. The committee headed by MP and BJD vice president Prasanna Acharya will visit the construction […]

The first floodwaters of Mahanadi released by the Hirakud Dam authorities on Friday last, reached the Naraj barrage this morning

Bhubaneswar: Accusing the stage government of making an attempt to hide its incompetence and misleading the people of Odisha, BJP on Sunday alleged that the government is hiding the letters exchanged between Odisha and Chhattisgarh on the contentious Kelo project on the upper catchments of Mahanadi. At a press meet in Bhubaneswar, BJP today produced […]

Bhubaneswar: The 12-member BJD delegation has received a verbal confirmation from the Chhattisgarh government to visit the State on August 9 and inspect various projects being undertaken on the upper catchment of Mahanadi river. The team has received a verbal confirmation to visit the neighboring State on August 9 during a discussion with Chhattisgarh Water […]

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the 12-member BJD team’s visit to Chhattisgarh on August 7 & 8 to hold discussions with concerned officials of the neighbouring State on the Mahanadi water dispute, Rajya Sabha MP Prasanna Acharya will chair a meeting with the team members today. Official sources said the meeting will deliberate on the points to […]

Bhubaneswar: The intra-party conflict in the Congress is refusing to die down. Even as the controversy over the absence of PCC president Prasad Harichandan in the all-party meet on the Mahanadi water dispute chaired by their own Narasing Mishra is yet to subside, a fresh war of words ensued between senior leader Niranjan Patnaik and […]