Tag: Uma Bharti

Bhubaneswar: Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti today blamed Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee for creating hurdles in resolving the issues related to river-linking project. Clarifying the Tista-Sankosh-Ganga-Mahanadi-Godavari river-linking project, Bharti said Mahanadi would be recharged with the water of Teesta and Sankosh. Only the surplus water in Mahanadi […]

Bhubaneswar: The BJP today came down heavily on the double standards of Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Mahanadi issue. Criticising the chief minister, who in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday had urged him to withdraw the formation of Negotiation Committee formed by the Water Resources ministry to resolve the Mahanadi […]

Bhubaneswar: Soon after Odisha Television’s report on how guidelines were flouted in granting national project status to Polavaram project, mudslinging has ensued between the political parties in Odisha. While BJP argued that it was the UPA-led central government which made Polavaram a national project as per the terms of Andhra bifurcation, Congress refuted the allegations […]

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is likely to join hands with the Chhattisgarh Janata Congress (CJC) and Telengana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) to protest the ongoing Polavaram multi-purpose dam project in Andhra Pradesh. “Though Chhattisgarh and Odisha have differences of opinion on Mahanadi river water sharing, I hope that regional parties of both the states […]

New Delhi: The much awaited tripartite meeting convened by Union Water Resources minister Uma Bharti in the national capital today to resolve the ongoing Mahanadi water row between Odisha and Chhattisgarh remained inconclusive as both the states remained adamant on their stand. “As you know, Mahanadi is the lifeline of Odisha as 65 percent of […]

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

Bhubaneswar: Union Water resources minister Uma Bharti told OTV today that the Centre has sought a report from the Chhattisgarh government on the proposed projects on the upstream of Mahanadi river, which the Odisha government has been opposing vehemently. Steps will be taken only after the report is received from the Chhattisgarh government, said Bharti. […]

Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharati on Monday said a consensus on interlinking of Mahanadi and Godavari rivers will be reached in the next six months after the joint committee’s report is examined

Lucknow: A special CBI court in Lucknow, conducting day-to-day hearing of the 1992 Babri demolition case, on Thursday asked BJP leaders L.K. Advani, Uma Bharti and Murli Manohar Joshi to appear personally before it on May 30. The court refused exemption from personal appearance to Advani and Union Water Resources Minister Bharti. The BJP leaders […]

New Delhi: BJP leaders L K Advani, M M Joshi and Uma Bharti will face trial in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case as the Supreme Court today allowed the CBI plea and restored criminal conspiracy charges against them. The court also clubbed the trial in the matter pending against the leaders and ‘karsevaks’ and […]

New Delhi: The opposition to river linking project involving Mahanadi by a “section of people” in BJD-ruled Odisha is aimed at reaping political benefits, Union Minister Uma Bharti alleged today even as she sought to allay apprehensions that project will “take away” the river’s water. Union Water Resources Minister Bharti also asked officials to make […]

New Delhi: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik must be “grateful” to people who elected him despite water woes in parts of the state, Union Minister Uma Bharti said today and asked him to “pay them back” ensuring water availability by co-operating with the Centre on a river- linking project. Bharti made the remarks while urging […]

Cuttack: With the dispute over Mahanadi River water sharing between Odisha and Chhattisgarh failing to reach a consensus, Union Minister Uma Bharti made a startling revelation during her visit to Odisha on Thursday. The senior BJP leader accused a bureaucrat of influencing CM Naveen Patnaik during a meeting held to resolve the ongoing Mahandi dispute. […]

Dehradun: In less than a month, BJP leader Uma Bharti has returned to the sylvan surroundings of Uttarakashi district in Uttarakhand in search of peace and started meditation at Nachiketa Tal. Superintendent of Police (SP) Uttarkashi Pankaj Bhatt confirmed that Bharti was in Nachiketa Tal since Sunday. “We have provided security as per the norms,” […]