A meeting convened by the Centre to iron out differences between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka on the impasse over Cauvery river water sharing failed to achieve any breakthrough on Thursday.

During the meeting, Tamil Nadu refused to accept Karnataka's proposal that an expert committee be sent to the river basin to assess water availability.

Bharati informed after the meeting that there was a request from Karnataka Government to the Water Resources Ministry to form an expert committee to take a view over availability of water in the Cauvery basin. The Karnataka Chief Minister especially pressed for it. However, Tamil Nadu did not give its consent to the proposal. She regretted that the solution could not be achieved outside the court and things are again before the Apex Court.

She further said views expressed by the two States were noted during the meeting, convened after a Supreme Court order on Tuesday, and the same will be submitted before the apex court when it hears the matter on Friday.

Referring to the tense situation in the two States, especially in the regions of  Bengaluru, Mysore and Mandya,the hotbed of Cauvery politics, Bharti urged people to take care of each other and ensure peace.

"I may go on an indefinite hunger strike along the border between the two States, if the problem persists," Bharti said, making an emotional appeal.

later, the Karnataka Chief Secretary Arvind Jadhav said his State insisted on a Central expert committee's visit to the basin area to study "ground realities, actual quantum of drinking water available and crop situation" before water was released as directed by SC. He also said the Tamil Nadu Government reiterated the long-standing demand for setting up a Cauvery Water Management Board.

However, in response to Karnataka's demand for sending an expert team to the basin area, Water Resources Secretary Shashi Shekhar stated there is no provision under law in this regard and that the SC order in the matter also does not speak about it.