Mahadayi Dispute

The Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal established to address water-sharing disputes between Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra has been granted one-year extension to submit its report and decision.

Former Goa minister and BJP leader Dayanand Mandrekar on Friday equated Karnataka's attitude on the Mahadayi river dispute with that of Duryodhana from the epic "Mahabharata", who refused to give any territory to the Pandavas.

Opposition members today tried to disrupt Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai's address to the Goa Assembly on the first day of its winter session, demanding a statement from him on the Mahadayi river water diversion issue.

The Nationalist Congress Party on Tuesday alleged that the ruling BJP in Goa was fooling the people of the state on the Mahadayi river dispute with neighbouring Karnataka.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday said he is committed to resolve all the water disputes including the contentious Mekedatu balancing reservoir across Cauvery river, Mahadayi drinking water project.

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday ruled out the possibility of out-of-court settlement on the Mahadayi river water diversion issue, wherein the state is in dispute with Karnataka.

Goa Chief Minister Pramond Sawant on Tuesday said his government has filed a contempt petition in the Supreme Court against Karnataka for allegedly diverting the Mahadayi river water despite the matter being sub-judice.

Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat today targeted Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant over the Mahadayi water dispute saying the state has been left "high and dry" because of the Centre's latest notification in favour of Karnataka.

Goa's BJP Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said his government, "if required", would go against the NDA-led Union Environment ministry in the Mahadayi River issue.

The Goa government has decided to move the Mahadayi Water Dispute Tribunal against Karnataka's alleged act of diverting the Mahadayi river water to its Malaprabha basin, a minister said today.

Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on Friday dismissed BJP President Amit Shah's pro-Karnataka comment on the Mahadayi interstate water dispute as an election stunt. Mr Rane, however, expressed confidence that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief would ensure that the interests of Goa are protected vis-a-vis Karnataka in the Mahadayi river water ...

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President Amit Shah will resolve the Mahadayi water dispute, Goa BJP President Vinay Tendulkar said today. "He must be having a solution. He will find a way...," Mr Tendulkar said

Seeking an early resolution to the nearly four-decade-old Mahadayi water sharing dispute, the Karnataka government has said it's opposed to any more extensions to the central tribunal that's looking into the issue. In an election year, the state has already seen protests by pro-Kannada groups and farmer groups demanding a solution at the earliest. ...

Calling it a demand of the people of Karnataka, the state government today said that the tribunal formed by the central government to solve the Mahadayi water sharing dispute should settle the issue by August 20.

The Bengaluru bandh planned for February 4 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in the city has been cancelled by the Karnataka High Court. The order, which called the strike "unconstitutional", has come as a relief for the BJP that has been preparing for PM Modi's mega rally in the IT hub to mark the end of the party's Parivartan rally on the same...

The Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal established to address water-sharing disputes between Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra has been granted one-year extension to submit its report and decision.

Former Goa minister and BJP leader Dayanand Mandrekar on Friday equated Karnataka's attitude on the Mahadayi river dispute with that of Duryodhana from the epic "Mahabharata", who refused to give any territory to the Pandavas.

Opposition members today tried to disrupt Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai's address to the Goa Assembly on the first day of its winter session, demanding a statement from him on the Mahadayi river water diversion issue.

The Nationalist Congress Party on Tuesday alleged that the ruling BJP in Goa was fooling the people of the state on the Mahadayi river dispute with neighbouring Karnataka.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday said he is committed to resolve all the water disputes including the contentious Mekedatu balancing reservoir across Cauvery river, Mahadayi drinking water project.

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday ruled out the possibility of out-of-court settlement on the Mahadayi river water diversion issue, wherein the state is in dispute with Karnataka.

Goa Chief Minister Pramond Sawant on Tuesday said his government has filed a contempt petition in the Supreme Court against Karnataka for allegedly diverting the Mahadayi river water despite the matter being sub-judice.

Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat today targeted Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant over the Mahadayi water dispute saying the state has been left "high and dry" because of the Centre's latest notification in favour of Karnataka.

Goa's BJP Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said his government, "if required", would go against the NDA-led Union Environment ministry in the Mahadayi River issue.

The Goa government has decided to move the Mahadayi Water Dispute Tribunal against Karnataka's alleged act of diverting the Mahadayi river water to its Malaprabha basin, a minister said today.

Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on Friday dismissed BJP President Amit Shah's pro-Karnataka comment on the Mahadayi interstate water dispute as an election stunt. Mr Rane, however, expressed confidence that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief would ensure that the interests of Goa are protected vis-a-vis Karnataka in the Mahadayi river water ...

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President Amit Shah will resolve the Mahadayi water dispute, Goa BJP President Vinay Tendulkar said today. "He must be having a solution. He will find a way...," Mr Tendulkar said

Seeking an early resolution to the nearly four-decade-old Mahadayi water sharing dispute, the Karnataka government has said it's opposed to any more extensions to the central tribunal that's looking into the issue. In an election year, the state has already seen protests by pro-Kannada groups and farmer groups demanding a solution at the earliest. ...

Calling it a demand of the people of Karnataka, the state government today said that the tribunal formed by the central government to solve the Mahadayi water sharing dispute should settle the issue by August 20.

The Bengaluru bandh planned for February 4 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in the city has been cancelled by the Karnataka High Court. The order, which called the strike "unconstitutional", has come as a relief for the BJP that has been preparing for PM Modi's mega rally in the IT hub to mark the end of the party's Parivartan rally on the same...