Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said the forest department has agreed to hand over over 500 acres of land, which is crucial for the progress of the Yettinhole drinking water project.

"The forest department has handed over less than 500 acres of forest land for the project. In return, the revenue department has agreed to hand over an equal area of ​​revenue land to the forest department. This process will happen soon," Shivakumar said on Thursday. It will be completed,” Shivakumar said on Thursday. Development Minister Krishna Byre Gowda and Forest Minister Ashwar Khandre after a meeting with Development Minister Sudha.The meeting, which was also attended by officials and TB Jayachandra, special representative of the Karnataka government in Delhi, discussed the progress of the Yathihole and Upper Bhadra projects.

"Officials have identified the challenges faced by the projects and we discussed solutions in the meeting. There were bottlenecks at 20 different places in a distance of 260 kilometers related to forest land. We involved the forest department and the revenue department. A joint survey was conducted. The issue has now been resolved.The work will start soon."

In some places, a compensation of Rs 51 crore needs to be given to farmers, out of which Rs 10 crore has been released. "There is a difference of opinion between the forest department and the revenue department over compensation and the issue will be discussed in the cabinet meeting," Shivakumar said.

"The balancing reservoir in Doddaballapura taluk is pending and preparations are underway to start the work. In the first phase, water will be pumped up to a distance of 48 km by next month. A technical committee is being formed to find out how to utilize the existing water. "has been formed by flowing water into the sea," he said.When asked about a court issuing non-bailable warrant against former chief minister BS Yediyurappa in the POCSO case, he said he was not aware of the development.

Meanwhile, responding to a question on whether efforts were being made to suppress the truth in the case involving Kannada superstar Darshan Thoogudeepa, he said, "I don't know much about that case. But for the police, it is a It's common practice." Work out of the public eye in high-profile cases for security reasons."

The murder of a 33-year-old man from Chitradurga in Renukaswamy, whose body was found in Bengaluru's Kamakshipalya on June 9, has political implications with demands for justice from the Veerashaiva-Lingayat community.When asked whether any minister had tried to influence the above mentioned matter, Shivakumar said, "Nobody has talked to me about it. I have no information on it."

On Kumaraswamy's statement that he would intervene if the government tried to hush up the matter, Shivakumar said, "He can still intervene, anyone can do that."