政府将河水法庭的最后期限延长9个月. Government extends Mahanadi water tribunal deadline by nine months.

印度政府将河水争端法庭的任期延长了9个月, 将其最后期限推迟到2027年1月13日. The central government extended the tenure of the Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal by nine months, pushing its deadline to January 13, 2027. 印度水力部宣布此举, 是为了解决长期存在的分水争端. The move, announced by the Ministry of Jal Shakti, follows a joint request from Odisha and Chhattisgarh to resolve their long-standing water-sharing dispute. 官员们指出,延期的原因是COVID-19大流行造成的延迟和法庭主席空缺. Officials cited delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and a vacancy of the tribunal's chairperson as reasons for the extension.