State president of Raita Sena Viresh Sobaradmath has said that there is large-scale corruption in the implementation of irrigation schemes in North Karnataka and action has not been taken so far, though such incidents have been brought to the notice of the authorities concerned.
Addressing presspersons in Hubballi on Thursday, Mr. Sobaradmath said that tenders were floated during 2016-17 for the renovation of Malaprabha Upper Bank Canal at an estimated cost of ₹2,168.39 crore and there has been large-scale corruption right from the process of preparing estimate, detailed project report and the subsequent implementation.
He also said that there is large-scale corruption in the ongoing work under the Tupparihalla project worth ₹312 crore.
