India, Jan. 24 -- New Delhi

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to help the warring states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to settle their inter-state water dispute with regard to Pennaiyar river by setting up a negotiation committee to facilitate talks and directed the committee to submit a report to the Centre within three months.

A bench of justices Hrishikesh Roy and PK Mishra passed the order after the Centre informed the Court that soon after the Congress government took charge in Karnataka last year, the Ministry of Jal Shakti received a letter from Karnataka's deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar in June last year indicating that the state government was keen to have talks with the Tamil Nadu government with a view to res...