The Cauvery Supervisory Committee is meeting on Monday to decide on the quantum of the river water to be released to Tamil Nadu and other states by Karnataka. Besides Shekhar, chief secretaries of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Puducherry and Central Water Commission chairman are members of the Committee, formed to implement final award of Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal. The Supreme Court had on September 5 asked Tamil Nadu to approach the committee, headed by Union Water Resources Ministry Secretary Shashi Shekhar, over the issue. The interim order led to protests in parts of Karnataka, especially in Mandya district, considered as the hotbed of Cauvery politics. Meanwhile, Karnataka, which is the upper riparian state, approached the Supreme Court on September 11 seeking modification of its order.

Source: dna September 19, 2016 06:33 UTC