K’taka ministers seek PM’s permission to stop Cauvery water release
New Delhi/Bangalore: Central ministers from Karnataka and ruling BJP parliament members from the state met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday and urged him to allow the state immediately stop release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu.
Reuters
External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna, who hails from the Cauvery basin district of Mandya, Labour Minister Mallikarjun Kharge, Minister of State for Railways K. H. Muniyappa and state Congress leader H. K. Patil briefed the prime minister on the "grim" drought situation in the state.
Kharge told reporters after the meeting that they appealed to the prime minister "to resolve the problem at the earliest".
"The situation is very grim. Hence, we urged the prime minister to resolve the situation," Kharge said.
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