The Vamsadhara Water Disputes Tribunal will find an amicable solution to the five decade long dispute between Andhra Pradesh and Odisha over sharing waters of the Vamsadhara river very soon, tribunal chairman Justice Mukund Sharma said. The tribunal under the chairmanship of Justice Sharma along with other members V M Chaturvedi, Ghulam Ahmad, D V Sharma, C S Vaidyanadhan and others, carried out a field survey by visiting villages of the Vamsadhara river belt in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha on Tuesday and Wednesday. A high-level committee of AP officials including district joint collector P Bhaskar and E C Muralidhar explained to the tribunal that the AP government which began construction of the reservoir and flood flow canal under phase II, was forced to suspend the works due to Odisha government’s objections. Tribunal Chairman Justice Sharma said that differences in between the two states were not so serious and hoped for an amicable solution, though the tribunal would hear arguments of both sides again before taking a decision. PTI
