Karnataka: Kumaraswamy calls for all party meet over Cauvery water issue

Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy has called for an all-party meeting over Cauvery water issue today. 

Following Supreme Court's direction, the Centre recently constituted a Cauvery Water Management Authority (CMA) to address the dispute over sharing of river water among Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Puducherry.

Kumaraswamy on June 15 instructed officials to release 20,000 cusecs from Kabini dam to Tamil Nadu.

Add WION as a Preferred Source

The Cauvery water sharing dispute has been a bone of contention between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu since the time of the British Raj. Many of the districts in both states are dependent on the Cauvery for irrigation, while the city of Bengaluru gets its water from the river.