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Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has promised that the ongoing irrigation projects that screen 42 lakh hectares of adust onshore successful the State would beryllium completed soon and that the State authorities aims to guarantee much irrigation and greenish coverage.
He was addressing the gathering aft flagging disconnected the Rathosta arsenic portion of Amba Mahotsav 2026 astatine Amba Mutt successful Somalapur village, Sindhanur taluk of Raichur territory connected Saturday.
The programme was jointly organised by the taluk administration, taluk panchayat, Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Department, and Sri Amba Devi Management Committee.
“Karnataka has the highest adust onshore aft Rajasthan successful the country. The State authorities has aimed to implicit the irrigation projects to assistance farmers. Out of the projected 42 lakh hectares, 30 lakh hectares of the adust lands were already irrigated, and the remaining would beryllium completed shortly,” the Chief Minister assured.
“The State authorities is awaiting a gazette notification to beryllium published by the Union authorities to usage 173 tmcft of h2o by the State arsenic per the determination successful 2013. I myself and the Irrigation Minister had stressed to the Union authorities for gazette notifications respective times. If it is published, the tail-end lands volition get irrigated,” helium said.
CM appreciated MLA Hampanagouda Badarli for bringing large irrigation projects and said that Sindhanur taluk volition get 3 irrigation projects —Salagundi, Mullur, and Valaballari—at the outgo of ₹176 crore to h2o adust lands. While ₹71 crore is being spent connected the Salagundi Lift Irrigation Project, ₹29 crore connected the Mullur Lift Irrigation Project, and ₹43 crore connected the Valaballari Weir Irrigation Project.
He added that ₹431 crore is being spent connected Papayya passageway enactment and the installation of 33 caller gates for the Tungabhadra dam to guarantee capable h2o for Khariff crops, arsenic the projected gross installation enactment volition beryllium completed astatine the extremity of June.
The Chief Minister targeted the absorption parties and said that immoderate are falsely saying that the authorities authorities has nary assistance for improvement works. “The State authorities is committed to taking improvement works, including irrigation for farmers, apart, spending implicit a crore of wealth for the implementation of 5 warrant schemes arsenic promised. So far, ₹1.12 lakh crore has been spent for warrant schemes, and the purpose is to walk ₹52,000 crore this year,” Mr. Siddaramaiah said.
Mr. Siddaramaiah criticised the Union authorities for repealing MGNREGA and bringing a caller law—the Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB—G RAM G) Bill, 2025.
He said, “It volition not lone harm the premier conception of the MGNREGA, which was brought by the past Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, but besides harm women, Dalits, and mediocre farmers drastically. The Congress and its confederation parties powerfully reason the VB-G RAM G bill, and I would entreaty to everybody to reason it”.
The CM, who claimed that helium had made his maiden sojourn to Ambha Mutt, expressed happiness to get blessed by Amba Devi. He promised that the Sri Amba Mutt volition beryllium developed with each facilities. A full of ₹6.30 crore successful grants was earmarked, of which ₹2 crore was released and the remainder would beryllium released shortly.
Ministers Sharan Prakash Patil, Satish Jarkiholi, Ramlinga Reddy, and Shivaraj Tangadagi; MLAs Hampanagouda Badarli, Basanagouda Turvihal, and B.M. Nagaraj; MP Raj Shekhar Itnal; MLCs Basanagouda Badarli and Vasant Kumar; KKRTC Chairman Arun Kumar Patil; Regional Commissioner Zaheera Nasim, Deputy Commissioner Nitish K., Superintendent of Police Arunagnshu Giri, Managing Director of KKRTC B. Susheela, Assistant Commissioner Basavanneppa Kalashetty, Tahasildar Arun Kumar Desai, and others were present.
