The Centre has told the Supreme Court that it will soon convene a meeting of the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to consider Tamil Nadu's plea for release of 25.373 tmc feet of water from Cauvery river to save the state's standing crops. In an affidavit filed in the court, government said it had written to Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Puducherry on the proposed meeting. The Centre stated; once the consent of the states is obtained, the date would be fixed for the same, .