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K. Shivakumar, MLC, has sought fiscal assistance from the Centre’s 16th Finance Commission for the operation of retaining walls on the banks of rivers Kapila and Cauvery to forestall displacement of residents of areas prone to seasonal inundation.
In a connection sent to the Chairman the of 16th Finance Commission, Government of India, Mr. Shivakumar has sought to item the recurring hardships faced by the residents surviving on the banks of Kapila and Cauvery successful Nanjangud, T. Narsipura, and Kollegal taluks of Mysuru and Chamarajanagar districts.
“Every monsoon, peculiarly whenever h2o is released from the Kabini reservoir, these rivers overflow, inundating adjacent settlements. The affected families — mostly mediocre cultivation labourers and small-scale farmers — are forced to evacuate their homes repeatedly, seeking impermanent structure for 1 oregon 2 months on with their families and livestock,” the MLC said.
“These displacements not lone origin immense distress to them, but besides disrupts the livelihoods and acquisition of children successful Mullur, Hale Annahalli, Harale, Saragur, Danagere, Sathegala, and Yadamuri successful Kollegal taluk of Chamrajangar territory and fewer much villages successful Mysuru district,” helium added.
To mitigate these hardships, Mr. Shivakumar said that helium has projected the operation of retaining walls on the astir susceptible stretches of the riverbanks — covering distances ranging from 2.5 to 3.5 km each astatine Nanjangud and T. Narsipura and 6 km successful Kollegal taluk connected some sides of the stream bed.
“These protective structures would safeguard habitations from seasonal flooding, forestall ungraded erosion, and guarantee semipermanent stableness for communities that person suffered for decades from periodic submersions,” the MLC said, earlier requesting the 16th Finance Commission to see extending peculiar fiscal assistance oregon grants of ₹500 crore nether due provisions to undertake this “critical” infrastructure work.
The operation of a retaining partition would bring lasting alleviation to hundreds of affected families and lend importantly to flood management, agrarian resilience, and sustainable livelihood extortion successful the region, Mr. Shivakumar added.
