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Chief Minister Siddaramaiah connected Friday announced a ₹490-crore Uduthorehalla task to assistance h2o from the Cauvery River and capable reservoirs, tanks, and cheque dams to code the long-standing drinking h2o situation successful Hanur taluk of Chamarajanagar district. The task besides irrigates 12,000 acres of the bid area.
The connection for the task had been submitted by Sunil Bose, Chamarajanagar MP, for inclusion successful the 2026-27 State Budget. He had earlier expressed assurance that the task would person the government’s approval.
According to the project, h2o volition beryllium drawn from the Cauvery adjacent Saragur colony successful Kollegal taluk and pumped to the Uduthorehalla reservoir successful Hanur taluk. From there, the h2o volition beryllium distributed to tanks, lakes and cheque dams successful Kurattihosuru, Santekane and surrounding areas successful the taluk.
According to the MP, the task is expected to supply semipermanent drinking h2o information to villages nether 9 gram panchayats successful the region, which person been facing recurring h2o shortages.
