BJP leader urges CWC to act on Mahanadi river dispute

BJP leader urges CWC to act on Mahanadi river dispute.
bhubaneswar, Jun 17 Senior BJP leader Bijoy Mohapatra today urged the Central Water Commission (CWC) to facilitate an agreement between Odisha and Chhattisgarh for proper sharing of the Mahanadi river water.
Requesting the CWC to call the officials and engineers of both the states without further delay to work out a pact, the BJP leader said it should facilitate signing of a water sharing agreement between the two states for proper sharing of the Mahanadi water.
Stating that such an agreement would solve the river water dispute to a great extent, Mohapatra said if the CWC failed to take immediate steps for having a water sharing pact between the two states, the Centre should give instructions to it in this direction.
Odisha government should also take steps for such an agreement in the interest of the state and its people, he said adding that the agreement must include water sharing for both monsoon and non-monsoon periods.
At the same time, Odisha government should take steps for construction of submersible barrages on at least six rivers in the Mahanadi river system which would cost not more than Rs 1000 crore.
Bhubaneswar, Jun 17 Senior BJP leader Bijoy Mohapatra today urged the Central Water Commission (CWC) to facilitate an agreement between Odisha and Chhattisgarh for proper sharing of the Mahanadi river water.
Requesting the CWC to call the officials and engineers of both the states without further delay to work out a pact, the BJP leader said it should facilitate signing of a water sharing agreement between the two states for proper sharing of the Mahanadi water.
Stating that such an agreement would solve the river water dispute to a great extent, Mohapatra said if the CWC failed to take immediate steps for having a water sharing pact between the two states, the Centre should give instructions to it in this direction.
Odisha government should also take steps for such an agreement in the interest of the state and its people, he said adding that the agreement must include water sharing for both monsoon and non-monsoon periods.

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