Moily wants Yethinahole water for Chickballapur

B D Narayankar

Press Trust of India

Bangalore,Aug 25: Union Minister for Corporate Affairs M Veerappa Moily today urged Chief Minister D V Sadananada Gowda to immedietely execute the proposed project to draw water from Yethinahole river in Hassan district to Chickballapur, Bangalore Rural and parts of Bangalore Urban districts.

In a letter to Gowda, Moily said the project should be finalised, approved and implemented immediately, as Chickballapur, Bangalore Rural and Kolar districts had no river water sources.

Moily, who is MP for Chickaballapur, said the government provided about Rs 25 crore to Larson and Turbo to undertake the technical feasibility report and Rs 200 crore was provided for preliminary works.

He also said the proposal was cleared by the high-powered irrigation technical board and was awaiting approval by state cabinet.

Moily said the project could be completed in two years and 8 tmcft of water from the Yethinahole could be drawn to these arid districts through pipelines. He also said the proposal was mentioned in 2011-12 stae budget.

Moily said that by extending the project, drinking water and irrigation facilities could be created even in the neighbouring Kolar and Tumkur districts.

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