Sira byelection: Water woes on campaign trail
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In water-starved Sira, a lot of the speak forward of the bypolls has been round what political events have accomplished or plan to do to quench the thirst of the locals.
Congress candidate T.B. Jayachandra has been speaking concerning the work he took as much as present water throughout 2013-18 as Minister, particularly the completion of labor on 108 barrages out of 121 within the taluk and the bringing of ingesting water from Hemavathi reservoir. He has additionally mentioned the latter transfer was opposed by JD(S) leaders.
Picking up the theme of water, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, campaigning in Sira on Friday, countered Mr. Jayachandra, arguing that it was he who launched funds to construct canals to carry water to the taluk, throughout his earlier tenure as Chief Minister.
While Hemavathi waters have been diverted to fill the Sira and Kallambella tanks, Madlur tank, in the identical sequence of tanks, is but to be crammed up. Mr. Yediyurappa assured the voters that he would instantly order that the tank be crammed up.
Meanwhile, on Friday, former Chief Minister and JD(S) chief H.D. Kumaraswamy threatened to take out a padayatra from Sira to Bengaluru if the State authorities didn’t fill 65 tanks within the taluks as promised.
Addressing a rally in Sira, he mentioned that he had accepted a ₹850-crore venture to tide over the water disaster throughout 2006, and that the DPR was prepared when he stepped down. The venture was not taken up by successive governments, he claimed.
He additionally clarified that 19 tmcft of water to Tumakuru, Kolar, Chickballapur, and Chitradurga was being drawn via the Upper Bhadra venture since satisfactory water was not accessible in Hemavathi river. This assertion beneficial properties significance in mild of the JD(S) going through flak for allegedly not permitting water provide from Hemavathi river.
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