Bhubaneswar, March 22 -- The ongoing Budget Session of the Odisha Legislative Assembly on Wednesday witnessed noisy scenes after the ruling BJD raised the Mahanadi water crisisin the House and targeted the Centre on Wednesday.

Terming UPA and the NDA as two sides of a coin, BJD MLA Debi Prasad Mishra said, "Both UPA and NDA government have worked against Odisha's interest for which Chhattisgarh has been obstructing the free flow of water to downstream."

"The Mahanadi, which passes through 15 out of Odisha's 30 districts, has dried up due to check dams constructed by the Chhattisgarh government at the upstream of the inter-state river. They are releasing excess water during monsoon flooding the lower catchment areas in Odisha and stop wa...