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The authorities of Karnataka volition conception a bid of cheque dams crossed assorted streams successful Vijayapura territory to guarantee year-round availability of water, and for recharging groundwater levels.
“In the archetypal phase, enactment connected 10 cheque dams volition beryllium taken up. Of them, enactment connected six volition commencement soon. Tenders person been floated,’’ Minister M. B. Patil said successful Karjol successful Vijayapura territory connected March 3. “A full of 156 streams, large and small, volition beryllium selected for the purpose,’’ helium said astatine the motorboat of respective improvement projects.
“The program is to physique a cheque dam astatine each kilometre of streams, and to region silt from the streams. Work connected six packages successful Babaleshwar Assembly constituency volition commencement arsenic a aviator project,” helium said.
He said the Doni stream volition beryllium dredged and cleaned connected the lines of the Bennehalla stream. “A connection for dredging the Doni stream astatine a outgo of astir ₹200 crore volition beryllium prepared and sent to the State Government. It volition assistance summation its irrigation potential,” the Minister said.
Mr. Patil said helium had taken up irrigation projects successful bluish Karnataka, particularly successful Vijayapura territory erstwhile helium was the irrigation curate successful the archetypal Siddaramaiah ministry (2013-18). “Now, we are trying to absorption connected acquisition development,” helium said. He claimed that the Babaleshwar constituency had received the highest assistance compared to different Assembly seats successful Karnataka. He urged farmers not to merchantability their onshore nether duress, arsenic astir of the territory would person irrigation facilities successful a fewer years.
He promised a authorities PUC assemblage successful Karjol village.
He inaugurated a caller gram panchayat building, NRLM acquisition building, a godown and h2o retention installation constructed nether the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA scheme, and the 15th Financial Plan successful Karjol colony of Babaleshwar taluk.
He distributed rubric deeds to 312 families of Tonashyal colony who were displaced aft a flood successful the Doni river.
