Tag: Mahanadi

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 […]

Athgarh: In a chilling reminder of the ghastly Nirbhaya gang-rape case in New Delhi that shook the conscience of the entire nation, the driver and conductor of a bus have been arrested for abducting, raping, murdering and later dumping her body in Mahanadi river here in Cuttack district. The mystery behind the death of the […]

New Delhi: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Bhartruhari Mahtab on Friday sought the central government’s intervention over the construction of dam by Chattisgarh government over the tributaries of Mahanadi river. “Union Water Resources Minister had informed the house earlier that without the permission of the Central Water Commission, construction of dams will not be allowed. […]

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said it would release a white paper on Mahanadi water, the sharing of which has become a contentious issue between Odisha and Chhattisgarh. Addressing a press meet here, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said; “Very soon, BJP will release a white paper on the status of water […]

Bhubaneswar: With the political slugfest over the projects being undertaken by Chhattisgarh in the upstream of river Mahanadi showing no signs of abating in the near future, the ruling BJD on Friday constituted a 12-member team to visit the project site in the neighbouring State. The team, constituted with the approval of chief minister and […]

The state government today assured the people that there is no threat of floods in the lower catchment areas of Mahanadi due to the release of water from Hirakud dam tomorrow

Bhubaneswar: Union Water Resources minister Uma Bharati on Thursday criticised the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) for taking the Mahanadi issue to the streets despite a consent between Odisha and Chhattishgarh a few days ago to settle the matter through a joint control board (JCB). Reacting to the ‘rail roko’, a token agitation by BJD […]

Cuttack: As a part of its state-wide protest over projects undertaken by the Chhattisgarh government on the upper catchment of Mahanadi, the ruling BJD today staged a protest rally in front of the Cuttack collector’s office. According to sources, all the BJD MLAs from Cuttack district, minister and hundreds of party activists participated in the […]

Even as Odisha and Chhattisgarh are yet to resolve the controversy surrounding the the projects on the upstream of Mahanadi river, Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh has directed concerned officials to expedite the under-construction projects on Mahanadi and other rivers

New Delhi: BJD Rajya Sabha MP Anubhav Mohanty today moved a privilege notice against the Minister of State for Water Resources, Sanjeev Balyan for providing misleading information in the Parliament on the projects undertaken in the Mahanadi upstream by Chhattisgarh. Earlier, a privilege motion was moved against Balyan in the Lok Sabha by BJD Parliamentary […]