A regional conference of southern states on water resources will be held in Hyderabad tomorrow to discuss inter-state issues, including the implementation of the latest Supreme Court order on sharing of Cauvery river water.
The conference will be chaired by Minister of State for Water Resources Arjun Ram Meghwal.
Six southern states -- Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Telangana -- and Union Territory (UT) Puducherry, will be represented by their respective ministers concerned, principal secretaries and chief engineers of water resources departments at the meeting, an official statement said.
The objective of the conference is to discuss pending issues of water resources and inter-state issues including ones related to implementation of the latest orders of the Supreme Court on sharing of Cauvery waters, Mullaperiyar dam, interlinking of Godavari-Cauvery rivers and Polavaram project and other issues, the Union Water Resources Ministry said in a statement.
Observing no state can claim "exclusive ownership" of inter-state river water, the Supreme Court had on February 16 hiked Karnataka's share of Cauvery water by 14.75 tmcft and reduced Tamil Nadu's quantum by an equal amount in its verdict to resolve the decades-old dispute.
In what was being described as a balanced verdict, Tamil Nadu was, however, compensated by the court which allowed extraction of 10 tmcft ground water from the river basin.
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