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'The Chhattisgarh CM's announcement damaged "the cardinal regulation of between State stream water sharing between co-bowl States and our government administration". 

Indeed, even as Opposition gatherings kept on reprimanding Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for raising the Mahanadi water issue in spite of his administration experiencing harsh criticism after the Kandhamal killings and demise of 19 malnourished youngsters in Nagada town, Mr. Patnaik on Wednesday said he would investigate every possibility to safeguard the waterway. 

"I guarantee the general population of the State that my administration will take up the issue at different levels and investigate every possibility to set up our reasonable rights over the water of Mahanadi," Mr. Patnaik said in an announcement. 

Terming the announcement of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on the issue "most awful", Mr. Patnaik said Mr. Singh's announcement damaged "the cardinal teaching of between State waterway water sharing between co-bowl States and our government administration". 

"Additionally heartbreaking is the false and misdirecting proclamation of Mr. [Sanjeev] Balyan, Minister of State for Water Resources, in the floor of Parliament yesterday [Tuesday]," he said. 

Call to stop developments 

Expressing that he had officially looked for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intercession on the issue, Mr. Patnaik asked the Chhattisgarh government to stop all developments till the issue was determined. 

"Mahanadi is the life saver of our State. We might not permit Mahanadi to dry out as a result of the one-sided and explicit activities of Chhattisgarh," Mr. Patnaik said. 

The matter is prone to be talked about in a joint meeting amongst Odisha and Chhattisgarh the Union Government has made arrangements for Friday. 

Mr. Singh has said his administration would proceed with the tasks around Mahanadi, guaranteeing it has acquired freedom from the Central Water Commission. 

Chhattisgarh was utilizing just 25 for each penny of the water from Mahanadi, Mr. Singh had said, including that the issue was as a rule pointlessly politicized by Mr. Patnaik. 

BJD dissents 

The decision BJD sorted out a show outside the Jharsuguda District Collector's office on Wednesday, restricting development of floods over Mahanadi by the Chhattisgarh government. The gathering has reported to arrange comparative showings in 15 regions by August 11. 

Pioneer of Opposition in Odisha Assembly Narasingha Mishra has additionally reported to gather an all-gathering meeting in Bhubaneswar on August 3 to examine and step on the Mahanadi water issue. Mr. Mishra had driven a Congress designation to review the progressing ventures over Mahanadi in Chhattisgarh.