New Delhi: The Mahanadi Water Dispute Tribunal (MWDT) Saturday deferred its hearing of a petition filed by Odisha government that seeks a stay on construction and operation of barrages being built by Chhattisgarh government on Mahandi river.
A three-judge bench of the tribunal comprising of chairperson AM Khanwilkar, Justice Rabi Ranjan and Justice Indermeet Kaur deferred the hearing till July 13 after the counsels for both the states apprised the bench that the meeting for the amicably settlement of the interim application couldn’t be held due to extremely severe cyclonic storm ‘Fani’.
The bench asked both the states to hold a meeting for amicable settlement within four weeks.
The Tribunal also directed all parties in the matter to complete pleadings in the main petition by June.