PANJIM, April 21 -- The Mhadei river water dispute between three riparian States is foaur decades old with Goa vehemently oppoasing Karnataka's attempt to divert Mhadei waters into the Malaprabha basin.

In fact both the neighbouring States were ruled by the BJP governments, with a BJP government at the Centre but have been unable to settle the dispute even after the Inter-State Mhadei Water Dispute Tribunal gave its verdict in August 2018, over the allocation of water.

It is presumed, with a lot of basis, that Karnataka has the support of the Union government, much to the discomfort of the BJP government in Goa. This was evident when the Central Water Commission (CWC) approved Karnataka's revised Detailed Project Report (DPR) in Decembe...