Within the newest improvement within the Mahanadi water dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh, the Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal on Saturday requested the assessor to convene a gathering with technical groups of Odisha and Chhattisgarh. 

The assembly, scheduled for January 16, will focus on the dispute with respect to the realm of Mahanadi basin. 

The date for the following listening to has been mounted for February 8. Earlier the tribunal was apprised of the assembly on October 28, 2022 between the technical groups of Odisha and Chhattisgarh. 

Notably, the dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh over Mahanadi water distribution started in 2016 when Odisha objected to Chhattisgarh developing dams and barrages citing that it will considerably scale back the water circulation within the downstream in Odisha. The State contended that the dams and barrages would have an hostile affect on the folks and industries in Odisha. 
It was when the Chhattisgarh authorities constructed 12 irrigation initiatives within the guise of minor irrigation initiatives that the magnitude of the affect was realized. 

On November 19, 2016, the Odisha authorities had filed a criticism with the Ministry of Water Sources, River Growth and Ganga Rejuvenation (now often called Ministry of Jal Shakti) beneath Part 3 of the Inter-State River Water Disputes (ISRWD) Act 1956. 
Subsequently, efforts had been made to resolve the dispute by negotiation. The Central authorities constituted a negotiation committee. The Committee in its report in Could 2017 talked about that the dispute can’t be resolved by negotiation because the complainant State Odisha had no participation. Subsequently, Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal was constituted to resolve the dispute.