Minister for Excise K. Gopalaiah has instructed the Hassan district administration to take measures to ensure a regular supply of drinking water in the summer. Mr. Gopalaiah, who is also the Minister in-charge of the district held a meeting with officers in Hassan on Wednesday.
The officers should identify villages facing acute shortage of drinking water and work out plans to fulfil the demand. If necessary, fresh borewells could be drilled, he said. They should concentrate on completing the ongoing drinking water projects, including the one being implemented at a cost of ₹14 crore in Belur taluk, he said.
On the elephant menace in the district, the Minister said the government had allocated ₹100 crore for railway barricades to avoid the movement of the elephants. The officers should make efforts to get maximum funds for the district and install the barricades, he said.
