Attorney general Mukul Rohatgi told the court that the Centre would attempt to resolve the issue by calling a meeting between the chief ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka in the next two days.

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Release 6000 cusecs of water for 2 days to Tamil Nadu, SC tells K'taka

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Karnataka to release 6000 cusecs of Cauvery water for 3 days to Tamil Nadu to show its bona fide.In a federal structure like India no state can say it will not obey theand pick up a fight with another state, the top court said.Attorney general Mukul Rohatgi told the court that the Centre would attempt to resolve the issue by calling a meeting between the chief ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka in the next two days.The court allowed the Centre to facilitate meeting between Jayalalithaa and Siddaramaiah and report back by Friday.Tamil Nadu told the top court that it is fed up with the unending litigation over sharing of Cauvery water It said the situation has arisen time and again because of Karnataka's obstructionist and obstinate attitude.The top court said it would not take into account the Karnataka Assembly resolution not to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu.The judges told the counsel for Karnataka Fali Nariman to tell chief minister Siddaramaiah that Supreme Court orders be better complied with.