Karnataka CM meets Krishna over Cauvery issue

Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish

Shettar today met Union Minister S M Krishna amid

demands by Karnataka leaders for a review of Cauvery River

Authority's decision asking the state to release 9,000 cusecs

of water to Tamil Nadu.The interaction assumes significance as Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh has convened a meeting of political leaders

from the state for consultations on the contentious water

dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu today.External Affairs Minister Krishna hails from Cauvery

River basin district of Mandya.Seeking the review of the PM-Chaired body's decision, BJP

MPs from the state will also meet Singh separately at his

office, sources said.The consultations come ahead of the Cauvery monitoring

committee meeting slated on October 11. The monitoring panel

will decide release of water from Karnataka after October 15.The Cauvery River Authority had last month directed

Karnataka to release 9,000 cusecs of water to its neighbouring

state on a daily basis between September 20 and October 15.Protests over release of water to Tamil Nadu rocked the

Cauvery river basin areas for the eighth day yesterday as

Karnataka hoped for a "positive response" from the Supreme

Court on its plea for reconsideration of the September 28

order.