Supreme Court asked Attorney General Mukul Rohtagi to facilitate a meeting of the executive heads of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka with the Centre. There has to be federal co-operativism: SCBlaming Karnataka's "obstructionist and obstinate" attitude for the impasse and non-compliance of the apex court directives, senior advocate Shekhar Naphade, appearing for Tamil Nadu, submitted: "On instruction, I am saying that the state (Tamil Nadu) is fed up. The bench, on being repeatedly pursued by Tamil Nadu to get its orders enforced, said, "Have patience for few days. We accede to the prayers of Tamil Nadu and we should not be heard till end of the (monsoon) season." The apex court had on September 20 also directed the Centre to constitute within four weeks the Cauvery Water Management Board (CWMB) as directed by the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) in its award.

Source: dna September 27, 2016 13:58 UTC