Cauvery drinking water to 250 villages of Kanakapura taluk: DCM

Will get medical college during my tenure

Bengaluru Express
Kanakapura, July 22: Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar today said a plan was being formulated to supply drinking water from Cauvery to 250 villages in Kanakapura taluk.

“We are planning to pump Cauvery water from near Sangama to 250 villages for drinking purposes. The project to supply Cauvery water to the tanks of the taluk has already been kicked off,” he said, while speaking at a Janaspandana programme at Kodihalli on Monday.

“We are getting water from Shimsha to Sathanur hobli as well. We are also filling the tanks of kasaba hobli with Arkavathi water. The tanks in Hosadurga areas will be filled with Cauvery water,” he said.

“I will also bring medical college to my constituency during my tenure in this government. Our constituency will have two medical colleges. A women and children hospital has been operational in association with Infosys. The work we are doing here is a model for the country,” he added.

“We have constructed 50 km of wall to prevent wild elephant menace and we will building 50 km of such walls. We are giving one transformer for two farmers and about 25,000 farmers are benefiting from this. We are also building Karnataka Public Schools. No other region has this kind of facility.”

“During the Lok Sabha elections, our people did not ditch us, we were cheated by some areas of Bengaluru. People will try to brain wash you during elections, you should not pay heed to it. Our relationship is very deep.”

“We can’t change our identity by changing our names. Can Kumaraswamy change his name to Ramanagara Kumaraswamy? Hence, we have renamed Ramanagara as Bengaluru South. We have corrected the past mistake. Many people are making futile attempt to meet me in Bengaluru, hence I have come to your doorstep,” he said.