K'taka to file fresh plea before Cauvery River Authority
October 08, 2012  20:31
Amid a row over Cauvery water sharing, Karnataka will file a review petition tomorrow before Cauvery River Authority after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today made it clear that only the authority can revisit the decision about the state releasing water to Tamil Nadu.   

Congress' Union ministers from Karnataka S M Krishna, Mallikarjun Kharge and K H Muniyappa and 16 BJP MPs from the state, led by M Venkaiah Naidu, met Dr Singh separately today seeking a review of the CRA decision.    "Both the groups sought a stay.

The PM told them that it is not permissible as there is no mechanism under CRA to change its award...it is not the decision of the PM but of the CRA. The CRA will have to meet again for any such thing," Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, who was present in both the meetings, told reporters here.  

Later, speaking to reporters, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagdish Shettar said the state would file a review petition before the CRA tomorrow and demanded that Dr Singh take up the issue immediately.
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