Ahead of the all-party high-level meeting on the Mahanadi water dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh, the opposition BJD Saturday asked the BJP government in the state five questions on the issue.

Addressing a press conference here, BJD deputy leader in Odisha Assembly Prasanna Acharya described the Mahanadi as the lifeline of Odisha.

The BJD’s five questions are: What are the terms and conditions of the proposed out-of-court settlement? Whether the Odisha government intends to withdraw the case from the Mahanadi Tribunal? Will the government take the major political parties and Mahanadi Bachao Andolan organisations into confidence before negotiations?.

The BJD also asked will the Chhattisgarh government halt the construction of barrages on the upstream of the Mahanadi and its tribut

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