India, Oct. 13 -- The ongoing dispute over sharing the waters of the Mahanadi river between Odisha and Chhattisgarh should be resolved through mediation and not adjudication, former chief justice of the Orissa high court justice Gopal Gowda said at a dialogue between activists and civil society groups from the two states on Monday, suggesting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi step in to help the two states arrive at a settlement.

There had been little progress in resolving the pending dispute before the Mahanadi River Water Disputes Tribunal, which was set up in March 2018 on the Supreme Court's directions, he said at an event organised by Mahanadi Bachao Andolan, which has been spearheading the movement for river and riparian rights of ...