Tag: Water Dispute Tribunal

Bhubaneswar: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today pulled up the Chhattishgarh government while hearing a case relating to the latter undertaking projects on the upper catchment of the Mahanadi River thereby adversely affecting the water flow into Odisha. The eastern bench of the NGT rapped the Chhattisgarh government for not appearing before the court and […]

Sundergarh: Neighbouring Chhattisgarh has continued to block Mahanadi water to Odisha through the Kalma barrage severely affecting the water flow into the Hirakud reservoir. According to sources, over the past one and a half month, out of the 67 gates of the barrage, water is being released through one gate only in a bid to […]

Bhubaneswar: Further intensifying its fight at an administrative level, Odisha chief secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi sought immediate halt to the work of various projects on the upper catchment areas of Mahanadi through a letter to his Chhattisgarh counterpart today. Padhi has also requested the neighbouring State to release the required amount of water needed for […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Water resources secretary Pradeep Jena today said that the State government is hopeful of getting favourable ruling after it filed a petition with the Union Water Resources ministry for formation of a tribunal to resolve the ongoing Mahanadi row. “Odisha government has filed a complaint petition under Section 3 of the Interstate River […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) President Prasad Harichandan on Monday sought the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to resolve the Mahanadi water dispute with Chhattisgarh. In a letter to the Prime Minister, the PCC President urged him to ensure formation of an Inter-State River Water Dispute Tribunal and direct the Chhattisgarh government to […]