PANJIM, May 17 -- Team Herald

Denouncing the report prepared by the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) on Mhadei water diversion, the Congress on Saturday demanded that the government should submit a holistic study report of the effects of the Mhadei river diversion project to the

Supreme Court.

Addressing a press conference at the Congress office, here, South Goa MP Capt Viriato Fernandes voiced his serious concerns regarding a recent report on the controversial issue from the NIO.

The NIO report lacks proper ground truthing and fails to capture the real situation on the ground, he said.

Challenging the NIO report's assertion that Goa would experience only minimal impact from water diversion at Mhadei, he pointed to four credi...