Karnataka draws up plan to supply 2.5 tmcft of Cauvery water from Kollegal to Bengaluru’s industrial areas
Karnataka has announced a plan to supply 2.5 tmcft of Cauvery water to industrial areas around Bengaluru. The initiative aims to enhance the storage capacity of local lakes and improve agricultural output for farmers. Officials emphasized that the project will not adversely affect farmers and will also promote tourism and fisheries.
- ▪Karnataka plans to pump 2.5 tmcft of Cauvery water to industrial areas in Bengaluru.
- ▪The storage capacity of Agara and Madduru lakes will be increased significantly to support this initiative.
- ▪Farmers will benefit from the project by being able to grow two crops a year instead of one.
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Karnataka has drawn a plan to pump 2.5 tmcft of Cauvery water to industrial areas in and around Bengaluru.In a meeting in Bengaluru on Wednesday (May 20), Large and Medium Industries Minister M.B. Patil said the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal had allocated 4 tmcft of water for industrial purposes. Of this, only 1.37 tmcft is currently being utilised, he pointed out.“A plan has now been drawn up to pump 2.5 tmcft of water out of the remaining 2.63 tmcft to industrial areas in and around Bengaluru,” he explained.Enhanced storageHe explained that the government had prepared a plan to enhance the storage capacity of the Agara and Madduru lakes in Kollegal taluk of Chamarajanagar district and to pump water from there to supply Cauvery river water to industrial areas around Bengaluru.He said…
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