‘Cauvery drinking water to 250 villages of Kanakapura taluk’: Deputy CM DK Shivakumar

RAMANAGARA: Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Monday said a plan was being formulated to supply drinking water from Cauvery river 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.

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

ಇಂದು ಕನಕಪುರ ತಾಲೂಕಿನ ಕೋಡಿಹಳ್ಳಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹಮ್ಮಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದ “ಬಾಗಿಲಿಗೆ ಬಂತು ಸರ್ಕಾರ, ಸೇವೆಗೆ ಇರಲಿ ಸಹಕಾರ” ಜನಸ್ಪಂದನದಲ್ಲಿ ಪಾಲ್ಗೊಳ್ಳುವ ಮುನ್ನ ತರಕಾರಿ ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆಯನ್ನು ಉದ್ಘಾಟಿಸಿ, ವಿವಿಧ ಇಲಾಖೆ ವತಿಯಿಂದ ಅರ್ಹ ಸ್ಥಳೀಯ ಫಲಾನುಭವಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಟ್ಯಾಕ್ಸಿ, ತ್ರಿಚಕ್ರ ವಾಹನ ಹಾಗೂ ಎಲೆಕ್ಟ್ರಿಕ್ ದ್ವಿಚಕ್ರ ವಾಹನ ವಿತರಿಸಿದೆನು.… pic.twitter.com/2aj9GK4Mco

— DK Shivakumar (@DKShivakumar) July 21, 2025

“I will also bring a medical college to my constituency during my tenure in this government. Our constituency will have two medical colleges. A women’s and children’s 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 build 50 km of such walls. We are providing one transformer to two farmers, and approximately 25,000 farmers are benefiting from this initiative. We are also building Karnataka Public Schools. No other region has this kind of facility”.

ನಾನು ಸಚಿವನಾಗಿ, ಉಪ ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿಯಾಗಿ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಮುಂದೆ ಬಂದಿಲ್ಲ. ನಾನು ಏನೇ ಆದರೂ ನಿಮ್ಮವನೇ, ನಿಮ್ಮ ಊರಿನವನೇ.. ಈ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದವನೇ, ನಿಮ್ಮ ಕುಟುಂಬದ ಸದಸ್ಯನೇ!

ಇಂದು ಕನಕಪುರ ತಾಲೂಕಿನ ಕೋಡಿಹಳ್ಳಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹಮ್ಮಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದ “ಬಾಗಿಲಿಗೆ ಬಂತು ಸರ್ಕಾರ, ಸೇವೆಗೆ ಇರಲಿ ಸಹಕಾರ” ಜನಸ್ಪಂದನ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮವನ್ನು ಉದ್ಘಾಟಿಸಿ, ಮಾತನಾಡಿದೆ.

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— DK Shivakumar (@DKShivakumar) July 21, 2025

“During the Lok Sabha elections, our people did not ditch us; we were cheated by some areas of Bengaluru. People will try to brainwash 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 attempts to meet me in Bengaluru; hence, I have come to your doorstep”, he said. (ANI)