The Union Water Resources Minister will meet Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik over the issue of water for the Utkal Alumina project from the Hirakud reservoir. This was informed by Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram after a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Chidambaram said that as far as the Utkal Alumina plant is concerned, there is only one issue which is that the water for the project should be drawn from the Hirakud reservoir. "The Ministry of Water Resources has written more than once to the Odisha Government, but there is no response. The Minister of Water Resources has been advised to meet the Chief Minister of Odisha to find out why the State Government is not taking any decision on the matter," Chidambaram said.