the centre has set up a high-level technical team to visit the cauvery river basin area to assess the ground situation. the team will subnit its report to the supreme court on october 17. the team, headed by central water commission chairman g s jha, will hold a preparatory meeting in bengaluru on october 7. it will visit the river basin area over the next eight days before finalizing its report. besides jha, the team, set up in pursuance of the sc’s october 4 order, comprises senior officials of the cwc and chief secretary or his representative from tamil nadu and karnataka, and a chief engineer each from the two states besides kerala and puducherry. all the three states and puducherry have been asked by the water resources ministry to tell their officers to reach bengaluru by thursday so that the team can hold its first meeting on october 7. the team is expected to visit hemavathi, harangi, krishnarajasagar and kabini reservoirs in karnataka and mettur, lower bhavani dam and amaravati reservoirs in tamil nadu between october 7 and 15. farmers and pro-kannada outfit activists protested in various parts of karnataka on monday against the supreme court directive to release cauvery water to tamil nadu while chief minister siddaramaiah convened a meeting of legislature leaders and mps on tuesday to discuss the issue. a day-long protest shutdown is being ovserved in mandya town. the district authority was forced to declare holiday in schools and colleges in the town, about 100 km from here, due to protesters staging massive rallies and demonstrations, blocking vehicular traffic on the bengaluru-mysuru state highways.though additional police personnel were deployed in the town and on the highway to maintain law and order an prevent untoward incidents. the centre has set up a high-level technical team to visit the cauvery river basin area to assess the ground situation. the team will submit its report to the supreme court on october 17. the team, headed by central water commission chairman g s jha, will hold a preparatory meeting in benaluru on october 7. it will visit the river basin area over the next eight das before finalising its report. vs the centre has set up a high-level technical team to visit the cauvery river basin area to assess the ground situation. the team will subnit its report to the supreme court on october 17. the team, headed by central water commission chairman g s jha, will hold a preparatory meeting in bengaluru on october 7. it will visit the river basin area over the next eight days before finalizing its report. besides jha, the team, set up in pursuance of the sc’s october 4 order, comprises senior officials of the cwc and chief secretary or his representative from tamil nadu and karnataka, and a chief engineer each from the two states besides kerala and puducherry. all the three states and puducherry have been asked by the water resources ministry to tell their officers to reach bengaluru by thursday so that the team can hold its first meeting on october 7. the team is expected to visit hemavathi, harangi, krishnarajasagar and kabini reservoirs in karnataka and mettur, lower bhavani dam and amaravati reservoirs in tamil nadu between october 7 and 15. farmers and pro-kannada outfit activists protested in various parts of karnataka on monday against the supreme court directive to release cauvery water to tamil nadu while chief minister siddaramaiah convened a meeting of legislature leaders and mps on tuesday to discuss the issue. a day-long protest shutdown is being ovserved in mandya town. the district authority was forced to declare holiday in schools and colleges in the town, about 100 km from here, due to protesters staging massive rallies and demonstrations, blocking vehicular traffic on the bengaluru-mysuru state highways.though additional police personnel were deployed in the town and on the highway to maintain law and order an prevent untoward incidents. the centre has set up a high-level technical team to visit the cauvery river basin area to assess the ground situation. the team will submit its report to the supreme court on october 17. the team, headed by central water commission chairman g s jha, will hold a preparatory meeting in benaluru on october 7. it will visit the river basin area over the next eight das before finalising its report.
