what is the cause of dispute between mahanadi odisha and chhatisgarh
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India has a long list of inter-state river water conflicts. The recent conflict between the Odisha and Chhattisgarh governments over the water of the Mahanadi river is the latest addition.
Odisha’s largest river, the Mahanadi, originates in the Sihawa mountain in the Dhamtari district of Chhattisgarh. It flows through Chhattisgarh and then Odisha, along its 851 km-long course, before joining the Bay of Bengal at Odisha’s coast.
The conflict between the states started in July last year, when the Odisha government, led by regional outfit Biju Janata Dal (BJD), objected to the construction of some barrages upstream Mahanadi in Chhattisgarh. The Odisha government accused the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Chhattisgarh government of depriving Odisha’s farmers of water from the Mahanadi by constructing the barrages. The Chhattisgarh government responded saying that it was well within its right to build the barrages to expand irrigation facilities for the farmers in the state.
Odisha’s largest river, the Mahanadi, originates in the Sihawa mountain in the Dhamtari district of Chhattisgarh. It flows through Chhattisgarh and then Odisha, along its 851 km-long course, before joining the Bay of Bengal at Odisha’s coast.
The conflict between the states started in July last year, when the Odisha government, led by regional outfit Biju Janata Dal (BJD), objected to the construction of some barrages upstream Mahanadi in Chhattisgarh. The Odisha government accused the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Chhattisgarh government of depriving Odisha’s farmers of water from the Mahanadi by constructing the barrages. The Chhattisgarh government responded saying that it was well within its right to build the barrages to expand irrigation facilities for the farmers in the state.
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