Task force to monitor illegal lifting of canal water in KarnatakaShivakumar, who holds the water resources portfolio, said this at a workshop for engineers on Karnataka Irrigation (Amendment) Act 2024 at Vikasa Soudha here.
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Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar.
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Bengaluru: Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Monday announced that the government would soon form a task force of irrigation and energy departments to stop illegal lifting of water from canals.
Shivakumar, who holds the water resources portfolio, said this at a workshop for engineers on Karnataka Irrigation (Amendment) Act 2024 at Vikasa Soudha here.
In a statement by his office, he said the amendment to Karnataka Irrigation Act was to ensure that water reaches tail-end users of canals. “Our aim is to protect the farmers, but some people are trying to provoke them against this,” he said.