The NGT’s direction was in response to the petition moved by two local residents alleging extensive degradation of the river bed and extraction.
December 29, 2021In a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the CIPET, both the companies agreed to provide youth of peripheral villages of its minefields.
October 28, 2021"I went to the source of Mahanadi in Chattisgarh because I felt until I see the river emerge, my idea of it wouldn't be complete. Then I went to the river mouth in Jagatsinghpur."
February 10, 2021The Odisha government which was apprehensive of a “medium flood” in Mahanadi delta area on Tuesday revised its reading of the situation and said there is no threat of flood in Mahanadi and Baitarani as the water level has significantly receded. On Monday Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had said that a medium flood is likely …
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July 25, 2018CM reviews flood situation, directs 6 district collectors of coastal belt to remain alert to meet any eventuality.
July 24, 2018Geoscientist and allied technologists who held a brainstorming session here recently on water management said, “Odisha is heading towards a major water crisis following construction of several barrages on Mahanadi by the Chhatisgarh government. The state government has recently proposed to construct seven major barrages on Mahanadi and 22 additional weirs on its tributaries and …
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June 2, 2018Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced a slew of measures for advocates and, interestingly, called upon the lawyer’s community to join the “battle for Mahanadi and help save the pride of Odisha”. He called upon the lawyers to join the Save Mahanadi Movement launched by the ruling BJD. Addressing the BJD Legal front meeting here, the …
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May 21, 2018BJP is anti-Odisha, Mahanadi Surakshya Yatra flagged off at Sukhasoda bordering Chh’garh.
May 17, 2018Addressing a workshop on Mahanadi at the BJD party office here, Patnaik called upon party workers to go to the people and tell them that the BJP was the one which had caused the drying up of the river.
April 22, 2018The Centre on Tuesday handed over reference of the Mahanadi water dispute to the chairman of Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal, Justice A M Khanwilkar. The Tribunal was constituted on 12 March appointing Justice Khanwilkar as chairman and Justice Ravi Ranjan and Justice Indermeet Kaur Kochhar as its members. The Secretary Ministry of Water Resources, River …
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April 19, 2018The second bridge over river Mahanadi , foundation stone for which was laid four years ago, will finally be completed by March, said official sources here. The work on the bridge, which will connect Nelson Mandela chowk near ring road in Sambalpur city with the Chaunrpur area, is going on in full swing. The Public …
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January 24, 2018Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday requested his Chhattisgarh counterpart Raman Singh to immediately open the gates of the Kalma barrage, which, Patnaik claimed, were closed unilaterally by the Chhattisgarh government. The Odisha Chief Minister said the gates of Kalma barrage had been closed, stopping the free flow of water to the downstream areas …
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June 3, 2017Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday rejected the panel formed by the Centre to resolve the ongoing Mahanadi water sharing dispute with neighbouring Chhattisgarh. The Negotiating Committee will only delay the setting up of a Tribunal which will allow Chhattisgarh to complete the construction of the disputed projects, said the Chief Minister in a …
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January 28, 2017