The Ministry of Water Resources on Wednesday constituted a high-level technical team to visit the Cauvery basin area to assess the ground realities there. The Chairman Central Water Commission Chairman GS Jha will head the team.
It has been set up in compliance with the October 4 Supreme Court order asking the Cauvery Supervisory Committee to visit the river basin area in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu for assessing the ground situation and submit its report by October 17. The team members will meet at Bengaluru on October 7 for a preparatory meeting in this regard.
According to sources, the team will inspect Hemavathi, Harangi, Krishna Raj Sagar and Kabini reservoirs in Karnataka and is expected to inspect water stock at Mettur, lower Bhavani Dam and Amaravati reservoirs in Tamil Nadu from beginning from October 6 to October 15.