1. Karnataka to stress on distress formula for sharing Cauvery water during Supreme Court hearing
Karnataka will take an-all party delegation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to explain the ground realities in the Cauvery river water sharing dispute. In addition, the State will seek a distress formula to share Cauvery water among the riparian States during its arguments in the Supreme Court, which is hearing the case on August 25.
With Opposition parties (BJP and Janata Dal-Secular) agreeing to cooperate with the government, the all-party delegation will also urge the PM to notify the Krishna Tribunal 2 award and seek forest clearances for the Mahadayi drinking water project, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said after chairing the meeting in Bengaluru on August 23. The CM added that there was a unanimous opinion that there should be no politics in effort to protect the State’s water, land and language.
