Bhubaneswar, Oct 9: Stoking the Mahanadi water controversy further, Water Resources minister of Chhattisgarh, Brijmohan Agarwal has said that once the data on Mahanadi is available, Odisha will be exposed. According to Brijmohan, Odisha is using more water than stipulated in the Hirakud agreement and once the information is out, Odisha will be unmasked. Meanwhile, Congress has criticized both the Odisha and Chhattisgarh government.
On the other hand, as per the data available on the Central Water Commission (CWC), Basantpur’s website, the water flow into Hirakud dam has declined during non-monsoon season. As per the CWC statistics, while 2296 million cubic meter water flowed into Hirakud dam during 1991 and 2001, it declined to 1763 million cubic meter between 2001 and 2011. Between 2011 and 2015, 1301 million cubic meter of water has flown into Hirakud dam.
