New Delhi, July 30 -- Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday announced an all-party meeting on August 2 on the Cauvery River water issue.

Shivakumar said that former Chief Ministers, MPs and MLAs from the Cauvery basin area have been invited to the meeting.

He said that an appeal has been filed before the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) after the panel directed Karnataka to release 3500 cusecs of water per day to Tamil Nadu for the next 15 days.

The Chief Minister further said that the issue had been discussed with Union Minister Pralhad Joshi and MPs Somanna, Jagadish Shettar and Basavaraj Bommai, adding that they were making every possible effort in the interest of the state.

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