Overview

• Goa CM Pramod Sawant invoked cooperative federalism in the state assembly to frame the river dispute as a call for national unity.
• Goa plans to file a contempt petition against Karnataka for proceeding with preliminary work on the Kalasa-Banduri diversion project.
• Karnataka’s government has floated tenders to build dams and canals under its Mahadayi water diversion plan.
• The 2018 Mahadayi Water Dispute Tribunal award remains under legal challenge with Goa securing a Supreme Court hearing to enforce its share.
• Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar and CM Pramod Sawant have traded sharp personal attacks in a heated political exchange over the project.