![]() Leading the hartal in Jharsuguda, senior BJD leader and former Speaker, Kishore Mohanty said the NDA regime at the Centre and BJP government in Chhattisgarh joined hands to provide Mahanadi water to industries at the cost of farmers. They said that the Chhattisgarh government had constructed six barrages upstream on the river 'unilaterally' and 'illegally'. Vehicle movement also came to a grinding halt during the strike, police said.ĭuring the 'hartal' in Sambalpur, Bargarh, Jharsuguda and Sonepur, the BJD leaders accused the NDA government at the Centre of backing the BJP government in Chhattisgarh. Shops, business establishments and markets remained closed. ![]() The bandh observers demanded immediate opening of the gates of the barrage so that the flow of Mahanadi into Odisha from Chhattisgarh does not get affected. The bandh was called to protest the closure of Kalma barrage gates by Chhattisgarh since the closure of the barrage gates severely hit the flow of the Mahanadi river's water through Odisha. ![]() Bhubaneswar: A four-hour long bandh called by the ruling BJD over the Mahanadi river dispute with Chhattisgarh disrupted normal life across four districts in western Odisha on Saturday.
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