Though there was no official word on what transpired during the two rounds of marathon cabinet meeting yesterday, senior Cabinet ministers said on condition of anonymity that ``majority of the ministers were in favour of keeping the Hardwar district out of the proposed Uttaranchal state''.

The cabinet had last night authorised Chief Minister Kalyan Singh to take a final decision on including Hardwar and Udham Singh Nagar districts in the proposed state and move the resolution in this regard in the assembly.

The ministers said it was emphasised at the meeting that the three successive governments in Uttar Pradesh, in their respective resolutions, had not included Hardwar in the proposed hill state.

Sources inform that the cabinet alsodecided to set up a two-member panel to look into details of power and water sharing between Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal.

The sub-committee on Uttaranchal is scheduled to meet here tomorrow for discussions.

The two day special session of Cabinet was convened here on September 18 but the House was adjourned till September 22 after condoling the death of Food and Civil Supplies Minister Aizaz Rizvi.

While Chief Minister Digvijay Singh will move the resolution on Uttaranchal on Tuesday, the House would take it up for discussions the next day and put it to vote, if necessary.