New Delhi: In a meet, held this morning, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah met Karnataka's political leaders to address how to tackle the new Supreme Court order which asked for water to be released urgently to neighbouring Tamil Nadu.

Due to the increasing tension in the matter, Union water resources Minister Uma Bharti has called for a meeting tommorow with the CM Siddaramaiah and a representative of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa,

After the Supreme Court directed the state government to release 15,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, the massive protests erupted in Karnataka, especially on the streets of Bengaluru and Mysuru.