The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has convened a meeting of political leaders from Karnataka today for consultations on the contentious Cauvery water dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Union Ministers belonging to Karnataka, S M Krishna and Veerappa Moily and BJP leader Ananth Kumar besides Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal are likely to attend the meeting. The consultations come ahead of the Cauvery Monitoring Committee meeting slated on October 11. The monitoring panel
will decide release of water from Karnataka after October 15.
Amid a raging water-sharing dispute between the two southern states, a central team is already visiting the two states to see water level in reservoirs, the condition of standing crops and water flow. This visit will help the Cauvery Monitoring Committee to take a call on the issue.