All-party meet on Cauvery again today

February 07, 2013 01:47 am | Updated June 13, 2016 04:19 am IST - Bangalore:

Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar discusses a strategy with the officials on the Cauvery River Water, at the all-party meeting, in Bangalore.

Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar discusses a strategy with the officials on the Cauvery River Water, at the all-party meeting, in Bangalore.

The all-party leaders’ meet, convened by Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Wednesday, ended inconclusively. They are to meet again on Thursday after learning the outcome of the Supreme Court hearing on the Tamil Nadu application requesting it to direct Karnataka to release 2 tmcft of water from the Cauvery.

Speaking to presspersons, Minister for Water Resources Basavaraj Bommai said the Central Water Commission (CWC), which inspected the delta region of the Cauvery in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, will submit its report to the Supreme Court. The Karnataka government would discuss it at the meeting. Mr. Bommai said he and Mr. Shettar would meet the State’s counsel F.S. Nariman in Delhi to discuss the issue.

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