Three-hour Rail Roko In Odisha Over Mahanadi Issue on Dec 9

File image of Mahanadi Banhao Andolan activists staging a demonstration.

On Wednesday, the Centre told the Supreme Court there was no need
to form an inter-state tribunal to resolve the Mahanadi water dispute.

In an affidavit submitted to the apex court, the Centre blamed the Odisha
government for its alleged failure in providing relevant facts and
figures required for formation of a tribunal.

“The Centre has stated that the long-standing issue can be sorted out
mutually through negotiation. Detailed information relating to total
crop requirement, water requirement and basin area are needed to
constitute a tribunal, but the Odisha government has failed to provide the
same”, the Union government’s counsel Wasim A Kadri was reported to have said.