While a total of 95,540 cubic metre water is being flowed in 11 rivers across Odisha, 65,679 million cubic metre is State’s own and the rest 29,861 million cubic metre water comes from the States on the upper catchment areas. More than 53 per cent of river water is going into the sea.
This was known from the information submitted by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in response to a question of BJP MlA Dilip Ray on Monday.
According to information, while 53.23 per cent of Mahanadi water is flowing into the sea, 55.81 per cent water from Brahmani, 40.78 per cent from Baitarini, 26.48 per cent from Rushikulya, 63.60 per cent from Bansadhara, 66.16 per cent from Budhabanlanga and 52.90 per cent from Kolab are being flowed into the Bay of Bengal. Similarly, 50.80 per cent of Indrabati, 69.54 of Nagabali and 62.89 per cent from Subarnarekha are being flowed into the sea.
The Chief Ministare said a total of 50,646 million cubic metre waer is being flowed into the sea after use of water for drinking water, irrigation, industries and other purposes. While 283.95 cubic metre water is being used for drinking purposes, 2275.85 million cubic metre is being used by industries.