Kotia dispute

Subject: Polity

Context: Odisha to move Supreme Court over Andhra bid to conduct polls in disputed region.

Concept:

Odisha and Andhra Pradesh are involved in dispute since 1960 over Kotia Gram Panchayat which involves 21 villages.
The village currently receives benefits from blocks of both states.
Odisha was formed after taking it out from the Bengal-Bihar province in 1936. Since then, they have outstanding border disputes with Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh (villages in Nabarangpur and Jharsuguda district), Jharkhand (Baitarni river floodplain) and West Bengal (pockets of Mayurbhanj and Balasore district).
With Chhattisgarh it has river dispute and Mahanadi Water Dispute Tribunal was formed in 2018.
It also has river disputes with the Andhra Pradesh over Vamsadhara river.