"My ministry has decided to transfer surplus water from Godavari river to Krishna, to Pennar river (Karnataka) and finally to Cauvery," he said.The ministry is discussing the details with the states concerned, he said, adding "in near future we will come up with a concrete action plan. "Gadkari said 3,000 TMC of water from Godavari goes waste into the sea. "I am going to call a meeting of chief ministers of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and with their approval we will finalise the plan," the minister said. "Again it will come to Somasila project and from Somasila it will come to Cauvery without the Karnataka connectivity. "He said the initiative would solve the water problems in different parts of Tamil Nadu.Gadkari earlier reviewed the status of various projects under his ministry here along with Chief Minister K Palaniswami and senior government officials.

Source: Times of India November 23, 2017 14:37 UTC