The Odisha government has scheduled the first meeting of its newly constituted high-level committee on the long-standing Mahanadi river water dispute with Chhattisgarh for December 22 at 4 PM in Lok Seva Bhawan.

The committee, formed on the directives of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, will be chaired by Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo.

The eight-member panel includes representatives from major political parties: Revenue Minister Suresh Pujari, Law Minister Prithviraj Harichandan, Industries Minister Sampad Chandra Swain, Government Chief Whip Saroj Kumar Pradhan (all from BJP), BJD MLA Niranjan Pujari, BJP MLA from Sambalpur Jaynarayan Mishra, and Congress MLA Sofia Firdous. The committee’s mandate is to thoroughly examine all aspects of the Mahanadi water issue and pro

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