New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Union government to constitute an inter-State river water disputes tribunal to adjudicate the long-pending dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka over the sharing of waters of the inter-State Pennaiyar (Dakshina Pinakini) river system.A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and N.V. Anjaria ordered the Centre to issue an appropriate notification in the Official Gazette and to constitute the tribunal within a period of one month, while di…
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Bhubaneswar, Jan 23 (IANS) With the Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal (MWDT) nearing the end of its tenure in April, the matter has once again come into political focus.Odisha Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari on Friday remarked that the previous state government failed to sufficiently safeguard Odisha’s interests during proceedings before the tribunal.It is worth noting that the Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal (MWDT) was constituted in March 2018 under the Inter-State Riv…