The Ministry of Water Resources has granted a one-year extension to the Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal to pronounce its order on the interstate water dispute.
The tenure of the tribunal, supposed to end on August 20, 2016, was extended till August 21, 2017 to enable it to complete its task. The ministry constituted the tribunal on November 2010 asking it to allocate Mahadayi river water among three states — Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra — by 2013.
As the tribunal could not pronounce the final verdict in the stipulated time, its tenure was extended till August 2016.
Published 12 August 2016, 18:49 IST