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BHUBANESWAR: The Centre on Tuesday shared the terms of reference (ToR) of the Mahanadi Water Dispute Tribunal (MWDT) with its chairman and Supreme Court judge Justice A M Khanwilkar. “We would fine tune it in accordance with the ToR,” said an officer.The state government has recently slammed the Centre for delaying the process of Mahanadi tribunal by not sharing the ToR with the state government. The Centre had not constituted the tribunal despite the provisions to form it within a year of receiving the complaint. Thereafter, we will file our petition before the tribunal at the right time,” Pujari told TOI.Sources in the state water resources department said the process of drafting the petition has already been initiated. “We will examine the ToR and go for legal consultation..