Tag: Mahanadi

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Mahanadi row: BJD skips all-party meet, stops Chhattisgarh bound trains

Bhubaneswar: Activists of the BJD, which has decided to stay away from the all-party meet convened by Leader of Opposition Narasingh Mishra today to discuss the projects being constructed by Chhattisgarh in the upstream of Mahanadi,stopped all goods trains to Chhattisgarh at various stations of the State and staged a hunger strike in front of […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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C'garh letter nails Odisha's claim on Mahanadi project

Bhubaneswar: A day after the Odisha chief secretary clarified that the government of Chhattisgarh had not informed Odisha about the Kelo project being undertaken by it in the upstream of river Mahanadi, a document on the Kelo project survey division, Chhatisgarh, a copy of which is in the possession of OTV, has proved that the […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Mahanadi row: LoP urges CM to attend all-party meet, again

Bhubaneswar: Undeterred by the lack of response to his two earlier letters on the matter, Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Narasingh Mishra has again urged chief minister Naveen Patnaik to attend an all-party meeting convened by him tomorrow to discuss the ongoing row between Odisha and Chhattisgarh over construction of barrages and dams on the […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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50 BJP activists detained in Dhenkanal ahead of BJD rally

Dhenkanal: With BJP and BJD at loggerheads over the Manamunda incident, as many as 50 BJP activists were detained by the police and taken into preventive custody in Dhenkanal ahead of a scheduled rally by the ruling party to protest Chhattisgarh’s ongoing projects on the upper catchment of the Mahanadi river. Former BJP MP Rudra […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Mahanadi row: BJD to hold up Chhattisgarh-bound trains on Aug 3

Bhubaneswar: Notwithstanding its consent for a joint control board (JCB) with Chhattisgarh government to solve issues related to sharing of Mahanadi river, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Monday said it would hold a token protest on August 3 against the neighbouring State’s ongoing projects on the river. The regional party said it would […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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No letters received from Chhattisgarh on Mahanadi project: Chief Secy

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today clarified that it was not informed about the Kelo project and no letter to that effect was ever received from the Chhattisgarh government. The state government also slammed the Central Water Commission (CWC) and Chhattisgarh government for not inviting Odisha to the meeting when the approval was accorded to the […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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BJD govt allowed Chhattisgarh to go ahead with projects on Mahanadi: Cong

Bhubaneswar: The Congress on Sunday accused the BJD government in the state of allowing Chhattisgarh to go ahead with the construction of a host of projects in the upper catchments on Mahanadi, leading to the current row between the two neighbours over the sharing of water. “The BJD government led by chief minister Naveen Patnaik […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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BJD takes Mahanadi issue to the streets

Bhubaneswar: Even as both Odisha and Chhattisgarh governments on Friday agreed to set up a Joint Control Board (JCB) to settle the Mahanadi water dispute, the ruling BJD protested the construction of a barrage by the neighbouring government on the river and organised rallies in different parts of the State. Holding the BJP government at […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Mahanadi row: Odisha, Chhattisgarh agree on Joint Control Board

New Delhi: After a month-long tussle between Odisha and Chhattisgarh governments over the use of Mahanadi water and construction of a barrage in the upper catchment area of the river, the two States on Friday agreed in a meeting here to set up a Joint Control Board (JCB) to settle the dispute. The meeting, attended […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Mahanadi row: Odisha-Chhattisgarh meeting today

New Delhi: The meeting between Odisha and Chhattisgarh brokered by the Centre will be held today to resolve the dispute between the two neighbouring states over the sharing of Mahanadi water, which has snowballed into a major row between the two after Chhattisgarh embarked on a host of projects in the upper catchments of the […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Non-BJD parties to discuss Mahanadi water issue on August 3

Non-BJD political parties in Odisha will attend an all-party meeting to discuss water sharing with neighbouring Chhattisgarh on August 3, said Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Narasingha Mishra

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Mahanadi row: BJD moves privilege motion against Balyan

BJD today moved a privilege motion against Minister of State for Water resources, Sanjeev Balyan in the Lok Sabh alleging he presented misleading facts presented in the Parliament

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Mahanadi row: BJD to move privilege motion against Balyan

Bhubaneswar: After Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik termed the facts presented in Parliament by Minister of State for Water resources, Sanjeev Balyan as misleading, BJD today said that it will move a privilege motion against him. “The facts the MoS presented in Parliament on the projects on Mahanadi were false. A lot of facts were incorrect […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Projects on upper Mahanadi will not affect Hirakud dam: C’garh minister

Amidst the ongoing row between the Odisha and Chhattisgarh governments on the issue of sharing of Mahanadi water, Chhattisgarh Water Resources minister Brijmohan Agrawal today claimed that construction of projects on the upper catchments of Mahanadi will not have any adverse impact on the Hirakud dam

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Stop all construction on Mahanadi, Naveen tells Raman Singh

Bhubaneswar: A day after the announcement by the Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh that his government will go ahead with the construction of projects despite the stiff resistance put up by the Odisha government, chief minister Naveen Patnaik today said the statement of his Chhattisgarh counterpart is ‘grossly unfortunate’. “The statement of the chief minister […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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