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The State authorities is committed to completing the 3rd signifier of the Upper Krishna Project (UKP) and raising the tallness of Almatti dam to 524 m. But determination is nary enactment from the Union government, claimed Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs H.K. Patil successful Bagalkot connected Sunday.
“Following clearances from the Justice Brijesh Kumar Tribunal, the Supreme Court allowed Karnataka to instrumentality up the adjacent signifier of UKP work. But the Centre did not notify these decisions successful the Union Gazette adjacent aft 13 years of specified decisions,” helium told reporters.
“That we are superior astir the completion of the task is proven by the information that we person already spent implicit ₹20,000 crore towards implementing the B Scheme of the project. But it is shameful connected the portion of the Union authorities that has failed to adjacent gazette the notifications,” helium said.
“BJP leaders who support repeatedly asking questions similar what has the Congress done for the UKP, fto maine archer them that it was I, arsenic Irrigation Minister, who completed enactment connected the project, impounded 120 tmcft of h2o up to 519 m and ensured irrigation for implicit 5.5 lakh hectares successful North Karnataka. Then Chief Minister S.M. Krishna performed Ganga Puja to the dam for the archetypal time. The task has benefited innumerable farmers successful Karnataka. If we are seeking votes successful Bagalkot, it is with this motivation authority,” helium said.
“The aforesaid BJP leaders who are raising questions astir the project, should present reply wherefore the Union authorities has failed to gazette the notifications that volition alteration america to spell up with the adjacent signifier of the project,” Mr. Patil said.
“When we passed a solution successful the Assembly to petition the Union authorities implicit this project, the BJP did not participate. Now, leaders similar the erstwhile Irrigation Minister Govind Karjol are asking america to articulation them successful an unfastened statement connected the project. This is condemnable,” helium said.
“When the Bachawat Commission gave its verdict, then, determination was a non-Congress authorities successful the State. It did not instrumentality steps to impound water. But erstwhile I took complaint arsenic Irrigation Minister successful 1999, I began the enactment of impounding h2o and fixing gates. Congress governments person contributed to the task astatine each stage,” Mr. Patil claimed.
“During my tenure arsenic Water Resources Minister, we spent ₹8,200 crore connected the UKP, for the dam and to make it arsenic a tourer destination. A broad rehabilitation and resettlement programme was implemented. We were allotted the B Scheme, connected our demand. In 2013, the Justice Brijesh Kumar Commission announced the last verdict. But it has not been published successful the gazette yet,” helium said.
“Some BJP leaders are giving excuses similar the substance being successful courts. But they hide that gazette notifications person been issued for the Mahadayi and the Cauvery organisation schemes erstwhile they were successful courts. Why are they taking a antithetic basal successful the lawsuit of the Krishna? I don’t recognize with what motivation authorization is the BJP seeking votes?” helium said.
Meanwhile, Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, who campaigned successful Bagalkot for the BJP nominee Viranna Charantimath, said that determination are immoderate ineligible issues down the hold successful notification.
“Also, nary authorities astatine the Centre volition assistance you if you support warring with it. Your enactment volition not beryllium done if you support abusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi each day. You should larn from your neighbours successful Andhra Pradesh who are precise clever. They get their enactment done smoothly by gathering leaders and discussing issues with them. Karnataka should bash the same,” Mr. Kumaraswamy said.
