Archive · 11 Dec 2025
Odisha Forms Committee for Mahanadi Water Dispute
The Odisha government has created a special committee to solve a big problem with Chhattisgarh about sharing water from the Mahanadi River.
This committee includes leaders from different political parties and will try to find a fair solution.
The problem started because Chhattisgarh built dams that Odisha says block the river's natural flow.
The government hopes to resolve this issue through talks and negotiations, even though a tribunal has been dealing with it since 2018.
The committee will look at all the important details and give advice on how to handle the situation.
This is part of Odisha's efforts to solve similar disputes with other neighboring states.
Odisha formed an eight-member high-level committee to resolve the Mahanadi water dispute with Chhattisgarh.
The committee is headed by Deputy Chief Minister K V Singh Deo and includes members from various political parties.
The dispute involves the construction of barrages by Chhattisgarh, which Odisha claims blocks the natural flow of the Mahanadi River.
The Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal has been handling the issue since 2018, but no resolution has been reached.
The committee aims to provide policy guidance and examine all relevant aspects of the water dispute.
- Who
- Odisha government, Chhattisgarh, Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal
- What
- Formation of a high-level committee to resolve the Mahanadi water dispute
- When
- December 10, 2024
- Where
- Odisha, India
- Why
- To address the water-sharing dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh over the Mahanadi River
- Committee Head
- Deputy Chief Minister K V Singh Deo
- Committee Members
- Suresh Pujari, Prithviraj Harichandan, Sampada Chandra Swain, Saroj Kumar Pradhan, Jayanarayan Mishra, Niranjan Pujari, Sofia Firdous
- Dispute Involving
- Odisha and Chhattisgarh
- Tribunal Established
- 2018
- Chief Minister
- Mohan Charan Majhi
- Committee Formation Date
- December 10, 2024
- Inter-Ministerial Committee Formed
- November 2024
- Other Disputes
- Polavaram project, Kotia region, Vansadhara Water Disputes
Sources
Odisha-Chhattisgarh Mahanadi water dispute: Govt constitutes high-level committee for policy guidance
Odisha forms all-party high-level committee for resolution of Mahanadi water dispute
All-party panel formed to resolve Mahanadi dispute