HUBBALLI: Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday said that his priority is getting the Mhadei river project completed at the earliest.
Popularly known as the Kalasa-Bhandura Nala projectin Karnataka, the project was undertaken by the Karnataka government to improve drinking water supply to the districts of Belagavi, Bagalkot, Hubballi-Dharwad, and Gadag.
During his maiden visit to Hubballi on Thursday after being sworn-in as chief minister on Wednesday, Bommai told reporters that he was quite aware of the issue and knows how to complete the project (Mhadei).
“My priority will be to complete this project at the earliest as soon as the Centre issues the gazette notification in this regard,” he said.
In February, the dispute was resolved after the central government notified the final award of the Mhadai Water Dispute Tribunal that allocated 13.42 thousand million cubic feet of water to Karnataka, 24 tmcft to Goa and 1.33 tmcft to Maharashtra.
Last year, then Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar had also asked Karnataka to start work on the Kalasa-Bhandura Nalaproject after gazette notification of the tribunal and necessary forest and wildlife permissions. agencies
