"Karnataka should wait for the decision of Manmohan Singh, who is also the Cauvery River Authority Chairperson, on its application for a review of the September 19 order, which directed the state to release 9,000 cusecs to Tamil Nadu from September 20 to October 15," he told reporters here.
Gowda said he has urged Singh to depute a Central team to assess the water level in the reservoirs and the status of agriculture activities in the Cauvery basin in the state.
If 9,000 cusecs of water was released till October 15 as directed by the Supreme Court, the state would lose another 11-12 tmc ft, Gowda said. "Karnataka has released nearly 19 to 20 tmc water since September 20 and northeast monsoon is imminent in Tamil Nadu," he said.
Gowda also said resignation (of MLAs and MPs) was not the solution to the crisis and all should put up a united fight.
On Maharashtra Minister Chhagan Bhujbal's request to President Pranab Mukherjee to skip the inauguration of the Suvarna Soudha (Secretariat building) in Belgaum on October 11 as it would strengthen the theory that the Centre was neglecting the rights of his state, Gowda said the border dispute was a closed chapter.
"The then Prime Minister Morarji Desai had told the Maharashtra delegation that Belgaum border dispute was a closed chapter. If Maharashtra wants to continue playing politics over the issue, let them do it. It is no more an issue for us," he added.