Odisha to soon convey Assembly consensus on Mahanadi issue to

Odisha Assembly Speaker Pradip Kumar Amat today said he would soon convey the consensus and concern of the House to the Centre on the Mahanadi water issue.

The members of ruling BJD and Opposition Congress expressed concern over delay in issuance of the Term of Reference (ToR) for the Mahanadi Water Dispute Tribunal by the Centre.

Amat announced this after a four-hour-long discussion on the Mahanadi water dispute with neighbouring Chhattisgarh in the Assembly.

Earlier, government chief whip Amar Prasad Satpathy moved a motion, saying, "In view of the consensus opinion and concern, the House urge upon the Central government to issue immediately a necessary reference... referring to complaint filed by the state of Odisha on Mahanadi water dispute in order to make the Mahanadi Water Dispute Tribunal functional in compliance of the order of the Supreme Court."