THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah on Saturday urged southern states to discover joint answer for river water sharing points.

In his handle on the thirtieth southern zonal council meet held right here and attended by chief ministers and Lieutenant Governors of southern states and union territories, he additionally requested Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to mutually resolve their pending points, an official launch right here stated.

“The Union Dwelling Minister referred to as on all States of the Southern Zonal Council to discover a joint answer to the problems associated to the sharing of waters,” he stated.

Inter-state river water disputes within the south embody the Cauvery situation between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka and Krishna river water sharing dispute involving Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

“Within the thirtieth assembly of Southern Zonal Council held at Thiruvananthapuram at the moment, complete 26 points have been mentioned, 9 points have been resolved, 17 points have been reserved for additional consideration out of which 9 points are associated to reorganisation of Andhra Pradesh,” the discharge stated.

Shah urged “Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to mutually resolve their pending points,” it added.

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