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Detailed explanation-1: -Odisha Government has launched ‘Green Mahanadi Mission’, a plantation drive under which saplings will be planted.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Mahanadi basin extends over states of Chhattisgarh and Odisha and comparatively smaller portions of Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, draining an area of 1, 41, 589 Sq.km which is nearly 4.3% of the total geographical area of the country.

Detailed explanation-3: -Detailed Solution The correct answer is Chhattisgarh. Mahanadi river originates from the mountainous terrain of Chhattisgarh.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mahanadi River, river in central India, rising in the hills of southeastern Chhattisgarh state. The Mahanadi (“Great River”) follows a total course of 560 miles (900 km) and has an estimated drainage area of 51, 000 square miles (132, 100 square km).

Detailed explanation-5: -The Mahanadi rises in a pool, 6 km from Pharsiya village near Nagri Town in Raipur district of Chhattisgarh state at an elevation of 457 m. The total length of the river form origin to its outfall into Bay of Bengal is 851 km of which 357 km lies in Chhattisgarh and 494 km in Odisha.