The Cauvery River Authority headed
by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would meet in New Delhi on
September 19.
The Tamil Nadu government has received a communication
from the Ministry of Water Resources, Secretary Dhruv Vijai
Singh that the seventh meeting of the CRA will be held on
September 19,State PWD Secretary M Saikumar said in a release.
The meeting would be held at the Prime Minister's office,
he said and requested the participation of all member-states.
The official announcement from the State Government was to
clarify media reports that the meeting would be held on
different dates.
Water Resources Minister P K Bansal had said yesterday
that the government was in touch with all the Chief
Ministers.. "and everybody would be there (at the meeting). In
all likelihood, it will be 19th or 20th of this month."
The decision to convene the meeting of the Authority comes
after the Supreme Court pulled up PMO officials on the issue.
The last time the Authority met was on February 10, 2003
headed by then Prime Minister A B Vajpayee. The Authority was
set up by the Centre in 1997 with far reaching powers to
ensure the implementation of the Interim Order.
Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are locked in a battle for over
two decades to share the water of river Cauvery.
The Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal had in 2007 submitted
its report, awarding water share to all the states
concerned.
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