Bengaluru: Minister of Water Resources Govind Karjol on Wednesday told the legislative council that the union government would almost certainly declare the Lift Irrigation Project Bhadra above as a national project.
“With regard to the upper Bhadra project, not even months but in a few days, we will see the Union cabinet issued our request to declare it as a national project,” Minister said.
Once stated, the state government tends to see a lot of funds for projects from the central government.
The current project costs are Rs 21,450 Crore.
This project imagined irrigation as much as 2.25 lakh.
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The project will also help the state to fill 367 tanks, up to 50 percent of its capacity other than 2 TMC water at Reservoir Sagar Vani Vilas.
The project is also important for the Chitradurga district that has a large number of groundwater which has a thick fluoride content.
However, if the project supplies water to the district, it is expected to help withdraw the fluoride content in groundwater from the district.
Previously, Karjol defended the BJP government in connection with the problem of allocating funds to the upper Krishna project and increased the height of the Almatti dam to 524 meters from the present.
He said that the state government in a row had spent a number of total RS 13,000 Crore between 2013 and 2021 on the project and that there was a series of legal and financial hiccups in the project to start in full swing.
“The government is trying its best level in solving problems in connection with the upper Krishna project because there are litigation submitted by other Riparian countries on the allocation of 140 TMC against Karnataka by Krishna Tribunal.
Also, we are financially needed adequate funds to pay for land compensation.
only those who will experience thousands of crores rupees, “Karjol said, added that he personally looked for central intervention to even declare this project as a national project to reduce financial expenses.
With regard to Mekedatu, the minister said the government was firmly built a reservoir balancing along the Cauvery River and that even this had been consulted with the trade union government.