Cauvery Water Management Authority representative appointed

Team Udayavani, Jun 26, 2018, 2:54 PM IST

Bengaluru:Minister D. K. Shivakumar has said that the state government has sent two names as representatives of the state to the Cauvery Water Management Board, Authority formed by the Union government. 

Addressing the press, he said that Rakesh Singh has been appointed as the representative of the state to the Cauvery Water Management Board and Water Resource Department General Secretary, Cauvery Corporation MD HL Prasanna will be the member.

The appointments were made to avoid more problems regarding the controversial cauvery water dispute between the neighbouring states Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

“The Union government issued notification to Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Pondicherry to appoint their representatives to form the Cauvery Water Management Authority. Hence, the state has appointed its representatives. The government would call an all-party meeting soon. The opposition parties should cooperate. We don’t want a clash with anyone,” the Minister said.