In the wake of the State government’s announcement on implementing the changed detailed project report (DPR) of Mahadayi Project, a workshop on the impact of the changed plan will have on four districts in the Mahadayi command area will be held in Hubballi on October 23.
Addressing presspersons in Hubballi on Thursday, the former MLA and president of Mahadayi Raita Para Horata Samiti N.H. Konaraddi has said that the workshop will focus on the changed nature of the project and its impact, with irrigation and legal experts participating in it.
Mr. Konaraddi said that during the tenure of the former Water Resources Minister H.K. Patil, the project was chalked out to draw water from the Mahadayi basin through Kalasa Banduri and other nalas so that 13 taluks in the four districts get adequate drinking water.