Odisha forms high-level committee to address Mahanadi River water dispute

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The Mahanadi River, often   described arsenic  the lifeline of Odisha, originates from the Amarkantak hills successful  the Bastar Plateau of Chhattisgarh. File

The Mahanadi River, often described arsenic the lifeline of Odisha, originates from the Amarkantak hills successful the Bastar Plateau of Chhattisgarh. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has constituted a high-level committee nether chairmanship of Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vaardhan Singh Deo for providing argumentation guidance to the method and administrative efforts for solution of Mahanadi River h2o quality with Chhattisgarh.

Also read: Odisha, Chhattisgarh explicit willingness to resoluteness Mahanadi h2o quality ‘amicably’

A connection issued by Chief Minister’s Office said, successful presumption of the ongoing discussions and proceedings earlier the Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal by the State Government’s Water Resources Department, and considering the complexity and sensitivity of the Mahanadi h2o issue, the authorities has constituted a high-level committee nether the chairmanship of Mr. Singh Deo.

“This committee volition analyse each applicable aspects related to Mahanadi h2o and supply indispensable argumentation guidance to the method and administrative efforts presently underway successful the State,” it said.

Other members of the committee see Suresh Pujari, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister, Prithviraj Harichandan, Law Minister, Sampad Chandra Swain, Industries Minister, Saroj Kumar Pradhan, Government Chief Whip, Niranjan Pujari (MLA), Jaynarayan Mishra, (MLA) and Sophia Firdaus (MLA).

Also read: Odisha, Chhattisgarh marque headway towards resolving Mahanadi River h2o dispute

Earlier, Odisha Government successful a connection said some Odisha and Chhattisgarh, had agreed to enactment sincerely and amicably towards a mutually beneficial solution done dialog and cooperation.

Then, arsenic per statement, method committees headed by the Engineer-in-chiefs of some States volition conscionable play to place and resoluteness captious issues.

MLA, members of the high-level committee, are of the sentiment that governmental solution of inter-state quality is ever speedy portion tribunal oregon tribunal way takes time.

The Mahanadi River, often described arsenic the lifeline of Odisha, originates from the Amarkantak hills successful the Bastar Plateau of Chhattisgarh. It flows for a full magnitude of 851 kilometres, of which 494 kilometres prevarication wrong Odisha, earlier emptying into the Bay of Bengal.

Published - December 11, 2025 09:26 americium IST

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