Basavaraj Rayaraddi, Minister for Higher Education and district in-charge, has directed officials to tour the district to identify villages that are likely to face drinking water shortage and take steps to solve it. He directed the officials to bring drinking water schemes under the Nirantara Jyoti scheme to ensure uninterrupted power supply and to avoid a drinking water crisis during summer. The Minister also wanted Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company officials to submit a list of drinking water schemes that were to be covered under the scheme with cost estimates so that funds could be arranged. Mr. Rayaraddi directed the Joint Director of Agriculture to to consult the local MLAs before submitting the survey report to the government. Expressing his displeasure over the inordinate delay in recharging borewells drilled under the Ganga Kalyan scheme, Mr. Rayaraddi directed the Executive Engineer to initiate steps to ensure that power connections were provided to these borewells within three months.

Source: The Hindu October 18, 2016 00:04 UTC