MAHANADI TRIBUNAL CHIEF CHANGED, BJD TERMS IT A PLOY TO DELAY JUSTICE FOR ODISHA

A day after the appointment of Supreme Court judge Justice Bela M Trivedi as chairperson of the Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal, the Opposition BJD took on the state and central governments dubbing it another attempt to further delay justice for Odisha.

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Senior BJD leader and MLA Prasanna Acharya on Saturday said the people of the state have to wait longer to get justice as the new chairman will revisit the case because of the complexities involved. "Mahanadi river has assumed appearance of a desert after Chhattisgarh constructed multiple dams and barrages in the upper stream. Odisha is going to face serious consequences of climate change and its agriculture-based economy will be devastated if Chhattisgarh is allowed to take total control of Mahanadi water," Acharya warned.