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Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi and a big of Ministers are expected to be the initiation of ₹200 crore Benni Halla flood power Project, which is aimed astatine mitigating the losses farmers faced during recurring flash floods successful the watercourse during rainy season.
The laying of instauration chromatic volition beryllium held astatine Shiraguppi successful Hubballi taluk of Dharwad territory connected February 8.
Addressing reporters present connected Friday, MLA for Navalgund N.H. Konaraddi said that the ₹200 crore task had been prepared arsenic per the recommendations of the G. Paramashivaiah Committee connected preventing flash floods and mitigating the losses.
Mr. Konaraddi said that successful the State Budget of 2024-25, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had earmarked ₹200 crore nether the State Disaster Management Fund (SDMF) and the administrative support was fixed connected October 9, 2024 for taking up the project.
“Under the project, it has been planned to instrumentality up channelising enactment successful Benni Halla from KM 53.30 to KM 148. The enactment involves gathering retaining walls for 1.05 km successful flood-prone areas on the watercourse advertisement 7.15 km of vessel bund. Development enactment volition besides beryllium done astatine 83 places wherever smaller streams converge with Benni Halla. Seven container culverts and 7 weirs volition beryllium constructed and ‘snana ghatta’ (bathing ghat) has been projected astatine Yamanur,” helium said.
Mr. Konaraddi said that erstwhile the task was completed wrong the scheduled 18 months, 37 villages and 20,000 hectare farmlands successful Gadag and Dharwad territory would beryllium escaped from flood damages.
He said that though the outgo of the task was ₹200 crore, the existent outgo would beryllium ₹163 crore aft deduction of 18% GST.
“It is portion of the ₹1,610 broad Detailed Project Report envisaged for the improvement of Benni Halla that passes done Dharwad, Haveri and Gadag districts, for which cardinal assistance is besides being sought done Union Minister Pralhad Joshi,” Mr. Navalgund said.
Other BJP MLAs C.C. Patil and M.R. Patil person besides been requested to instrumentality efforts to get grants for the project, helium said.
Mr. Konaraddi said that successful summation to the ₹200 crore project, the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister and different Ministers would besides beryllium initiating assorted improvement works worthy ₹150 crore successful Navalgund Assembly constituency connected February 8.
