Koppal (Karnataka) [India], June 25 (ANI): All 33 newly put in crest gates of the Tungabhadra Reservoir had been inaugurated on Thursday in Hosapete of Vijayanagara district. Chief ministers and ministers from three states participated within the programme organized on the Munirabad Government High School grounds in Koppal district
Speaking in Koppal forward of the occasion, MLA Raghavendra Hitnal stated the inauguration was attended by Karnataka Chief Minister D.Ok. Shivakumar, Union Minister for Jal Shakti C.R. Patil, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Telangana Minister Revanth Reddy.
Hitnal stated invites had already been prolonged to the chief ministers of the 2 neighbouring states. According to him, MLAs and farmers from 4 districts, Raichur, Koppal, Ballari and Hosapete, participated within the programme.
Commenting on the proposal for a parallel reservoir, Hitnal stated leaders from the 4 districts had mentioned the problem with Chief Minister D.Ok. Shivakumar. He stated the discussions included measures for desilting the dam and proposals for water storage close to Navali. A proposal to assemble a water storage reservoir close to Singatalur was additionally mentioned.
Hitnal additional stated that the chief ministers of the three states would maintain discussions with Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Patil and take an acceptable choice on the matter.
Speaking after inaugurating 33 spillway gates of the Tungabhadra dam, Karnataka CM DK Shivakumar stated, ‘This is a historic occasion for South India. When the nineteenth gate broke off, the district in-charge minister, Shivaraj Tangadagi and officers known as me at midnight, expressing alarm that the dam was shaking. I visited the location at 8 am the following morning. We instantly consulted specialists on what wanted to be accomplished, and the gate was changed inside per week. Through this, the farmers of this area had been protected,’ he stated.
‘When the gate broke off, the Opposition events levelled criticism. It was doable to hold out such an necessary activity solely by the blessings of Goddess Sharada, Huligemma, Huchcharayaswamy, Ajjayya, the grace of Hampi’s Virupaksha, and the facility of Raghavendra Swamy. Our authorities determined to exchange the 33 gates, and God has given us the chance to guard the farmers of those three states. Back then I used to be the Irrigation Minister. Today I’m the Chief Minister. Even so, I stay your servant and your kinsman,’ he stated.
The Chief Minister arrived by helicopter on the helipad situated on the Reserve Police Parade Ground in Munirabad to attend the inauguration. The Koppal district administration accorded him a ceremonial police guard of honour.
Among these current on the event had been MP Rajshekhar Hitnal, Rajya Sabha MP Dr. Syed Nasir Hussain, MLAs H.Ok. Patil, Shivraj Tangadagi, Ok. Raghavendra Hitnal, Basavaraj Rayareddy and G.N. Ganesh, former minister Amaregouda Patil Bayyapur, Ballari Range IGP Dr. P.S. Harsha, Deputy Commissioner Dr. Suresh Itnal, ZP CEO Ravneet Negi, together with different elected representatives and senior officers.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu additionally arrived on the Munirabad helipad for the occasion and was welcomed by the Koppal district administration. MLC N.S. Boseraju, Deputy Commissioner Dr. Suresh Itnal, ZP CEO Ravneet Negi, Koppal SP Dr. Ram L. Arasiddi and different representatives and senior officers had been current on the event. (ANI)