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  • Mahanadi Tribunal team visits Chipilima Hydro Electric Project site today

    Mahanadi Tribunal team visits Chipilima Hydro Electric Project site today

    Sambalpur: Members of the Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal visited Chipilima Hydro Electric Project site as part of field visit on Sunday to study the ground situation.

    As per reports, the tribunal is studying the situation on the ground amid the ongoing dispute between the Chhattisgarh and Odisha governments over the water of Mahanadi River.

    The tribunal is headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar of the Supreme Court and the other members are Justices Dr Ravi Ranjan and Indermeet Kaur Kochhar of Patna and Delhi High Courts respectively.

    The water resources dept officials of both Odisha and Chhattisgarh were present at the site.

    As per sources, the team will visit Chiplima Powerhouse, Attabira Branch Canal and Sasan Canal today. On May 22, the team will further visit Ib Thermal Power Station and dam project site in Jharsuguda and Sundargarh. On May 23, the tribunal will visit Upper Jonk dam site in Nuapada district.

    The tribunal is scheduled to inspect at least 30 locations for the survey and the tour will continue till May 28 after which the members will leave for Delhi from Bhubaneswar.

  • Mahanadi tribunal to make field visits in two phases

    Mahanadi tribunal to make field visits in two phases

    The Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal will undertake a field visit to Chhattisgarh and Odisha in two phases to study the water flow downstream and storage of water at various barrages. The decision to conduct a field survey was taken by the tribunal during a hearing on the water disputes between Odisha and Chhattisgarh in New Delhi on Saturday.

    As per the decision, a team of the tribunal will undertake a five-day visit to Chhattisgarh from April 17 to 21 in the first phase. Technical teams from the two states will assist the tribunal members during their field visit.In the second phase, the tribunal members will visit Odisha from April 29 to May 3. The study will mostly cover the water flow to the lower basin of the Mahanadi river during the non-monsoon period.

    The decision of the tribunal to conduct a field study came at a time when there is a drastic fall of water in the Hirakud water reservoir. The current live water storage in the dam is 48 per cent of the full reservoir level (FRL). The live storage this year is 10 per cent less than in the same period last year. The reservoir level of Hirakud on Saturday was 616.81 ft as against 620.62 ft this day in 2022. The full reservoir level of the dam is 630 ft.

    The Mahanadi water dispute rocked the Assembly with the Opposition blaming the state government for the declining water level while the ruling BJD held the Centre responsible. Leader of the Congress legislature party Narsingh Mishra said the state government has miserably failed to resolve the issue.

    He said two committees were set up – one headed by the chief minister and another by Speaker of the Assembly – to take up the issue with the Centre. The two committees did not convene a single meeting to discuss the issue. Now the result is for everyone to see, he added. Expressing concern over the water level in Hirakud, senior BJP leader Bijoy Mohapatra said if the trend continues, it will come down to the dead storage level.