A high-level meeting between officials of the Water Resources Departments of Odisha and Chhattisgarh would be held at Ashok Nivas at Burla in Sambalpur district on August 22.
Official sources said that the meeting, among other things, would discuss the regulation of Mahanadi water.Notably, 90 per cent of the catchment areas of the Mahanadi lie in Chhattisgarh. The Chhattisgarh Government has constructed small dams and barrages in the upper catchments of the Mahanadi.After the devastating floods in Odisha in 2011, both the State Governments had agreed to hold regular meetings to discuss the monitoring of floodwaters before the onset of monsoon.