Ramanagara, July 31 -- Members of the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike led by Praveen Shetty's faction staged a massive protest in Ramanagara in the State on Thursday night, opposing the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee's (CWRC) directive of releasing 3500 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu daily for 15 days.

This protest comes after Karnataka Chief Minister D K 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 T...