Raipur, Oct. 1 -- Efforts to find an amicable resolution to the long-pending Mahanadi water dispute between Chhattisgarh and Odisha received a fresh push, as Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai and his Odisha counterpart Mohan Charan Majhi presented their respective states' positions at a high-level meeting chaired by Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah at Kartavya Bhawan today.

Union Jal Shakti Minister CR Patil, the Chairman of the Central Water Commission, the Chief Secretaries of Chhattisgarh and Odisha, and senior officials from the Ministry of Jal Shakti, the Central Water Commission and both state governments attended the meeting.

The meeting follows discussions held in July between the two Chief Ministers under ...