Bangalore: Work on Yettinahole project after rainy season: Minister M B Patil


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Daijiworld Media Network - Bangalore

Bangalore, Jul 24: Work on the Rs 12,912 crore Yettinahole project aimed at solving the drinking water problesm of the people of five districts – Kolar, Chikballapur, Ramangar, Tumkur and Bangalore Rural – would be implemented after the rainy season.

The project aimed at utilising the Nethravathi river water going waste into the Arabian sea would be implemented in five packages, Karnataka’s Water Resources Minister M B Patil informed the State Legislative Assembly on Thursday.

Replying to the debate on the demands for grants pertaining to his department in the House, the minister said the State Government was ``committed to completing project without any delay.”

Though the Yettinahole project, which was inaugurated on March 3 this year, is basically aimed at solving the drinking water needs of the water parched districts in the State, the minister said it would also help in filling the irrigation tanks along its path.

Patil said the Yettinahole project, which had evoked widespread protests and even district-wide bandh in the coastal Dakshina Kannada district, was not a project for diversion of the Nethravathi river water but was intended to utilise the excess water that was going waste into the Arabian sea.

He said the State Government is planning to implement a comprehensive plan to bring the highly water consuming Sugarcane cultivation under the micro or drip irrigation system in the command areas of all the dams.

"Drastic programmes are needed for conservation of water in agriculture as all the dams would turn into drinking water schemes in the next 20 years due to the fact that drinking water gets top priority over any other needs. We have to prepare ourselves for such an eventuality,” he said.

The minister said the Government has formulated a five-year plan to bring the entire Sugarcane cultivation in the command areas of dams under micro irrigation system.

The plan would not only help in saving huge quantum of water being used for sugarcane cultivation but would also enable the government to bring more area under irrigation, save power and meet the drinking water needs of the growing population.

He said the project would be implemented in association with a reputed company from Israel, which has expertise in dry land farming, and the sugar factories.

  

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  • #Gingerbread_Trolled, Mangalore

    Fri, Jul 25 2014

    Oh please!!! Kindly STFU! Headless chicken? I aint seen one! U brain less junk! How dare you to call the people of D.K like that? And what "Achhe Din Aane Waale Hai" o.O ? We'll face humiliation, cuts &bruises, but wil never let go our our Mother Nethravathi to some sense less project's of the "Corrupt Karnataka Government". #Gingerbread_curse_you_to_death.

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  • PEDDU, MANGALURU

    Fri, Jul 25 2014

    IF ITS IN PUBLIC INTEREST !! NO ONE HAS RIGHT TO OPPOSE IT FOR THE PERSONAL GAINS OR POLITICAL MILEAGE

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  • Gingerbread, Mangalore

    Fri, Jul 25 2014

    I am so happy to see that yettinahole project coming up. People can choose congress or bjp the result will be same. Mangaloreans are like headless chickens and so are their leaders. When Mangalore starting struggling for water after this project , i will say " Ache din a chucke hai."

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Fri, Jul 25 2014

    Why do we need Yettinahole?
    Cleaning the Ganga and interlinking all the rivers would make India drought free for ever.
    If Modi achieves this, he would be the greatest PM India has ever had ...

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  • Valerian Dsouza, Udupi/Mumbai

    Fri, Jul 25 2014

    Yettinahole project, evoked widespread protests in the coastal D.K.for apprehension of diversion of the Nethravathi river.
    To carry out the project State as well as Central Govt should take people into confidence that project is for solving the drinking water problem of Kolar, Chikballapur, Ramangar, Tumkur and Bangalore Rural by utilizing excess water that was going to sea.

    Govt should ensure that coastal people are not deprived of their present as well as future need of water.
    Otherwise we will also end of similar suffering like those dry districts, what is point of spending so much of money?
    God has given river to people of our region.

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  • Jaison dsilva , Dubai

    Fri, Jul 25 2014

    O MaGa !!!!! Earlier govt told drinking water.... Now for irrigation ..... After project completion ..... We spend sooo much .... So .... Let us use for industries ..... People of undivided DK always suffered under the elected representatives .... We gave two CMs and ministers .... Our MPs close to top party leaders and in spite of all things we did not get anything .... And we won't in future also ( I am not mentioning here BJP or congress ... Because both parties has it's own share in this project )

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  • Mann, bangalore

    Fri, Jul 25 2014

    They should have highlighted power generation too along with water diversion. Plateau areas around Bangalore will receive very much needed water for drinking as well as irrigation until Bangalore rural which will ease water shortage to other areas of Bangalore thereby reducing boring wells which has got out of hand.
    I hope this project will be successfully completed within a time frame to avoid escalation of cost and bring solace to the areas mentioned in the article.

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