Bhubaneswar : With Chhattisgarh refusing to stop work on the projects being constructed on the upstream of the Mahanadi river, the Odisha government on Monday said it will move the Supreme Court on the issue even as ruling BJD supporters burnt effigies of Uma Bharti and Raman Singh. “The state cabinet on Sunday approved a proposal to approach the Supreme Court as the Chhattisgarh government turned down Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s demand of stopping construction of projects on the upstream of Mahanadi,” state Excise Minister Damodar Rout told reporters here. “The cabinet fully supports the state government’s proposal of approaching the Supreme Court,” he said.
Patnaik on Monday held parleys with the leaders of different political parties, members of voluntary organisations and experts on the Mahanadi issue.
Leaders of CPI, CPI(M), SP, RJD, CPI-ML, Forward Bloc and SUCI took part in the meeting. The chief minister apprised them about the September 17 tripartite meeting at New Delhi. “Representatives of the political parties, who met the chief minister on Monday, have supported the state government’s stand on the Mahanadi issue,” an official statement issued by the Chief Minister’s Office said.-PTI
