Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj on Monday said agitational approach adds to the problem of the state and requested Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to go by facts and help each other to solve the Cauvery water dispute.

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"Karnataka and Tamil Nadu should go by facts and help each other. That is what courts, CRA and tribunal will also do, but agitational approach adds to the state's problem," he told reporters on the sidelines of an event here.

Bhardwaj said that in this age it does not help treading agitational path as courts do not work under pressure.

"Such problems arose out of the consequences of nature and have to be resolved in a spirit of cooperation between two sister states or adjoining states," he said.

Asked if he has written to the government on Cauvery issue, Bhardwaj said he does not want to write anything on the matter as he believes in meeting people personally.

"Writing is not good because I have good relations with the government. After a long spell of my work here, I have a piece of mind here," he added.

Cauvery basin areas in Karnataka are witnessing intense protests over release of water to Tamil Nadu and a statewide dawn-to-dusk bandh was called by Kannada outfits on Saturday.

Karnataka has been releasing water in line with a Supreme Court directive, asking it to abide by the September 19 Cauvery River Authority (CRA) ruling to spare 9,000 cusecs till October 15.