New Delhi, September 07: The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing over the sharing of Vamsadhara river water dispute between Andhra Pradesh and Orissa to September 20.
The apex court directed the Andhra Pradesh and Orissa governments to submit a report within one week on the infrastructural facilities provided to the tribunal to complete the hearings. Earlier, the Supreme Court had given three months time to Central and state governments to provide infrastructure facilities and other staff members to the Tribunal so that hearings on the water sharing dispute could go on smoothly.
Tribunal Chairman Justice B N Agarwal had asked the Irrigation ministers and officials of both the states to provide infrastructure facilities and staff to start the hearing in the case.
The Orissa government had petitioned the Centre and the Supreme Court in 2006 to constitute a Tribunal for proper distribution of waters from the Vamsadhara River and demanded that the Rs 920 crore irrigation project across the river as a part of the Jalayagnam project be stopped.
——Agencies