Administrator of Belagavi Command Area Development Authority (CADA) M. Satishkumar has stressed the need for engineers working under various government departments to evaluate the problems of farmers and come out with possible solutions.
Inaugurating a one-month training programme for newly recruited engineers of Water Resources Department organised by the Water and Land Management Institute (WALMI) in Dharwad on Monday, he said that due to climate change and various other developments, farmers are facing various challenges and engineers should help in tackling them.
“Earlier, the Revenue Department was vested with the responsibility of collecting water levy for water released from canals to the farmland. But, after amendments to the Karnataka Irrigation Act and Karnataka Co-Operative Act, water users committees (WUC) have been formed in the command areas and it is their responsibility now to collecting the levy. The WUCs have to become more active and focus on effective collection of levy,” he said.
