New Delhi, Wednesday 16 March 2010: Ahead of the launch of its consultation process, the Justice B N Srikrishna Committee on Telangana will meet here on Thursday to review the progress made so far and discuss responses received from various quarters on the separate statehood demand.

This is the third time the five-member committee will be meeting in the national capital since it was constituted by the Centre last month. It had met once in Hyderabad.

Panel’s Member-Secretary Vinod K Duggal said the committee has received “overwhelming” response from various quarters, including individuals and various organisations, on the Telangana statehood issue.

“We are planning to appoint some five to six dedicated people to see the responses and format them.