Goa, Sept. 17 -- Former Allahabad High Court Chief Justice Ferdino Re bello emphasised the importance of vigilance, expertise, and pub lic participation in safeguarding Goa's rights over the Mhadei riv er, at the launch of the book The River Mhadei - The Science and Politics of Diversion on Tuesday. While Goa has legal and ecolog ical backing, Rebello pointed out the pressing issue: the state lacks the infrastructure, par ticularly reservoirs, to store the allocated water. Rebello referred to the 2018 in terim award by the Inter-State Wa ter Dispute Tribunal, which grant ed Goa rights to 24 TMC of water from Mhadei for consumptive use. However, he noted that most of the proposed storage dam sites are within protected wildlife sanc tuaries...