Supreme Court has asked the Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to meet and arrive at an amicable solution to the “sensitive” Cauvery water dispute. A bench of justices D K Jain and Madan B Lokur said on Monday that it is not possible for Cauvery River Authority, headed by the Prime Minister to meet, so the State governments should meet to find a solution.

Senior advocate Fali S Nariman, appearing for Karnataka, said there is no problem in meeting and the Karnataka Chief Minister will certainly meet. Counsel appearing for Tamil Nadu, however, remained non-committal and said that he will have to take instructions from the concerned authority. The bench urged both the Chief Ministers to have a meeting and posted the matter for directions on Friday.