New Delhi: The Centre is considering convening a meeting of the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) on November 29 in yet another attempt to resolve the row over sharing of water between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

Besides Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, the other members of the CRA are Chief Ministers of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Pondicherry.

Water Resources Ministry sources said that ahead of the CRA meeting, the official- level meeting of the Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC) is also likely to be held on November 25.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa had early this week withdrew her critical remarks she had made against the Prime Minister in the context of the Cauvery dispute following strong resentment by the Supreme Court.

In a letter to Vajpayee, Jayalalithaa said that she had no intention to insinuate him or the CRA and her remarks were only intended to improve the conditions of the farmers of Tamil Nadu when she had written the letter to the Prime Minister earlier this month.

The CMC had met last in Chennai on October 2 after visiting the reservoirs in Karnataka and Mettur in Tamil Nadu and claimed that the issues relating to the sharing of waters had been "sorted" out.

PTI