The Mekedatu project has been a bone of contention, with Karnataka citing Bengaluru's drinking water needs and Tamil Nadu fearing it could hurt its farmers.
Advocate General Vijay Narayan submitted that the amended resolution was put to vote as per the request of the Chief Minister and none had objected to it then.
President of the farmers' body, P R Pandian, made this announcement following a detailed, five-hour meeting between a farmers' delegation and Union Minister of Power Manohar Lal Khattar in Gurugram.
Shivakumar said rivers such as the Cauvery, Krishna, Tungabhadra, Pennar and Palar were the lifelines of the southern peninsula and called for a shift from "water sharing to water cooperation".
