West Bengal and Jharkhand held talks on Wednesday to end the impasse over the Massanjore dam in Dumka but both sides stuck to their stand.
West Bengal’s Irrigation Minister Soumen Mahapatra admitted that the meeting was “not fruitful” but added that there is no reason why the State government, which had been maintaining the dam since 1955, cannot paint it the way it likes.
“I will get the details of what happened at the meeting from the officials and speak to the Chief Minister in this regard,” he told The Hindu .
Controversy over painting the reservoir wall blue and white, the colours of West Bengal, erupted last week when members of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, youth wing of the BJP, stopped the painting of the dam located at Dumka in Jharkhand.
Since then, a war of words ensued between the leaders of the ruling parties from both the States. Dumka MLA and Jharkhand Minister Louis Marandi warned against painting the dam.
Published - August 09, 2018 01:19 am IST
