Large and Medium Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani, who is also the district in-charge, directed the officials to have better coordination and communication with the officials at Maharashtra to jointly manage floods in Krishna and Bhima basin. Directions were made to monitor the real time data on rainfall and water release from reservoirs both in Krishna and Bhima basin in order to manage the floods effectively.
Mr. Nirani was chairing a meeting to assess the situation of the rain-affected areas in Kalaburagi on Wednesday. Mr. Nirani said that after meetings were held between Karnataka and Maharashtra at ministerial level and inter-State flood monitoring committee it was possible to manage the flood situation during the monsoon season in the last couple of years.
In 2021, the district witnessed a flood situation due to excess release of water from Sonna barrage in Afzalpur taluk. He instructed officials to take preventive measures to reduce the probability of flooding and damages.
