BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday said he would convene an all-party meeting in the coming days. mekedatu The issue of the dam, the root of the dispute between the state and Tamil Nadu.
“I will convene an all-party meeting in the coming days. When it comes to issues related to land and water, all political parties are united. We will take everyone along and move ahead,” he told reporters here.
Bommai said he was aware of the agitation by JD(S) leader and former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on the issue.
The dispute between the two states has led Karnataka to insist last month that work on the reservoir will begin and protests against the initiative will be held in several parts of the Cauvery delta region in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
The Rs 9,000-crore Mekedatu Equilibrium Reservoir and Drinking Water Project across the Cauvery river in Ramanagara district aims to use 4.75 TMC of water for drinking in Bengaluru and neighboring areas, besides generating 400 MW of electricity.
However, Tamil Nadu is opposing this, saying that it will hamper the interests of the state and deprive its farmers of water for irrigation.
In July, East CM Yedidyurappa Write a letter to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin asking him not to stop the project as it was in the interest of both the states to store water to meet the needs during the crisis years and to hold a bilateral meeting to resolve the differences. was offered.
On flood relief measures in Karnataka, Bommai said the government will sanction Rs 670 crore for emergency work, which will start after the water level recedes from low-lying areas.
“There is water logging in Belagavi in the catchment areas of river Krishna, Uttara Kannada and Udupi.
A total of 466 villages in 13 districts have been affected, 13 people have died and one person is reported missing.
The Chief Minister said that he had asked Chief Secretary P.K. to restore road and bridge links in the affected districts. have discussed with Ravi Kumar, Secretary in the Finance Department and Karnataka Natural Disaster Management.
Bommai said the government would give relief within 15 days to those whose houses and crops were damaged in the floods.
“We have already released Rs 10,000 for those whose houses have been damaged.
In addition, an amount of Rs five lakh will be given for completely damaged houses, Rs three lakh for severely damaged houses and Rs 50,000 for partially damaged houses,” Bommai said.
he said he wrote union home Minister Amit Shah requested him to send a central team to assess the crop damage in the state.
“I will convene an all-party meeting in the coming days. When it comes to issues related to land and water, all political parties are united. We will take everyone along and move ahead,” he told reporters here.
Bommai said he was aware of the agitation by JD(S) leader and former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on the issue.
The dispute between the two states has led Karnataka to insist last month that work on the reservoir will begin and protests against the initiative will be held in several parts of the Cauvery delta region in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
The Rs 9,000-crore Mekedatu Equilibrium Reservoir and Drinking Water Project across the Cauvery river in Ramanagara district aims to use 4.75 TMC of water for drinking in Bengaluru and neighboring areas, besides generating 400 MW of electricity.
However, Tamil Nadu is opposing this, saying that it will hamper the interests of the state and deprive its farmers of water for irrigation.
In July, East CM Yedidyurappa Write a letter to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin asking him not to stop the project as it was in the interest of both the states to store water to meet the needs during the crisis years and to hold a bilateral meeting to resolve the differences. was offered.
On flood relief measures in Karnataka, Bommai said the government will sanction Rs 670 crore for emergency work, which will start after the water level recedes from low-lying areas.
“There is water logging in Belagavi in the catchment areas of river Krishna, Uttara Kannada and Udupi.
A total of 466 villages in 13 districts have been affected, 13 people have died and one person is reported missing.
The Chief Minister said that he had asked Chief Secretary P.K. to restore road and bridge links in the affected districts. have discussed with Ravi Kumar, Secretary in the Finance Department and Karnataka Natural Disaster Management.
Bommai said the government would give relief within 15 days to those whose houses and crops were damaged in the floods.
“We have already released Rs 10,000 for those whose houses have been damaged.
In addition, an amount of Rs five lakh will be given for completely damaged houses, Rs three lakh for severely damaged houses and Rs 50,000 for partially damaged houses,” Bommai said.
he said he wrote union home Minister Amit Shah requested him to send a central team to assess the crop damage in the state.
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