New Delhi: The Vamsadhara Water Dispute Tribunal Tuesday reserved its order in an application filed by Odisha expressing its objection to joint survey at Neradi barrage project on Vamsadhara River.
A three-judge bench of the tribunal comprising chairperson Dr MK Sharma, Justice BN Chaturvedi and Justice Pratibha Rani reserved the order after hearing all the parties involved in the matter.
During the hearing, the counsel appearing for Odisha submitted that the State of Andhra Pradesh has not mentioned anything regarding the 106 acre land where the survey needed to be conducted in the detailed project report. Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and the Union government have completed pleadings in the matter.
Earlier, the tribunal had asked the counsel appearing for Andhra Pradesh and the Union government to file their responses in three weeks to Odisha’s application and thereafter Odisha to file rejoinder in two weeks.
It is to be mentioned here that the tribunal had asked both Odisha and Andhra Pradesh to conduct a joint survey at Neradi barrage with respect to submergence of 106 acres of land after the operation of barrage and submit the survey report to the tribunal. However, the State of Odisha had not consented to the joint survey citing that Andhra Pradesh should submit the detailed project report in respect of submergence of 106 acres and 3km backwater effect.