Acceleration of Yettinahole project discussed with Deputy CM, says HM Parameshwara
Bengaluru: Home Minister of Karnataka Dr. G Parameshwara told reporters who met him outside his residence at Sadashivanagar on Monday that he had held discussions about accelerating the Yettinahole project with Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar.
The Home Minister said that more funds and land were needed for the project. He clarified that up to 5,000 acres of land in Doddaballapur of Bengaluru North district were required to collect water under the project, but as 2,500 acres were under Koratagere constituency, the earlier government had stalled the work.
Discussions were held with the Deputy CM regarding lifting the ban as the district needs to be supplied water at least by 2025, he added.
Parameshwara also explained, “We have received permission to build an express canal from Gubbi to Kunigal in Tumakuru district, but the locals have objected to the work and it was important to raise the issue before the Deputy CM. Shivakumar said that the technical committee of the Irrigation Department will conduct a survey and submit its report, after which, the work can be continued.”
When asked to comment on the statement made by BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, who claimed that a ‘great leader’ having Rs 1,000 crore was waiting to become the Chief Minister of Karnataka, the Home Minister said, “I have never seen an amount of that high level in my life. Where is the amount kept, meant to destroy the current government, only Yatnal can answer.”
Parameshwara, however, admitted that the matter would require investigation. Filing a suo motu case too would be considered if necessary.
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CM Siddaramaiah's wife announces surrendering of compensatory sites received from MUDA
Bengaluru: Hours after the Enforcement Directorate lodged a case against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his wife BM Parvati on Monday in a letter announced about returning the compensatory land sites received from the Mysuru Urban Development Authority.
It is worth noting that BM Parvati is also the accused in a money-laundering case linked to the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA).
In a letter addressed to the authority, BM Parvathi expressed her intent to return the 14 plots, emphasizing that the dignity and honor of her family were far more important to her than wealth. “I have not discussed this with my husband, son, or any family member,” she wrote.
According to reports, The Enforcement Directorate has filed an enforcement case information report (ECIR) , which is equivalent to a police First Information Report (FIR) to book the chief minister and others under the sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
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The Lokayukta police filed a First Information Report (FIR) last week against Siddaramaiah, Parvathi, Mallikarjun Swamy, Parvathi's brother-in-law, and a man named Devaraj, who was the source of the land that Mallikarjuna Swamy bought and gave to Parvathi.
The complaint was filed after a Bengaluru special court directed the Lokayukta police to look into claims that Siddaramaiah had committed irregularities in the Mysuru development authority's ₹56 million awarding of 14 sites to the chief minister's wife.
It is alleged that Siddaramaiah's wife was given compensated sites in a popular Mysuru neighborhood, which is worth more than the land that MUDA purportedly "acquired." The MUDA had allotted plots to Parvathi under a 50:50 program in return for 3.16 acres of her land, where it created a residential project.
Under this controversial arrangement, MUDA provided 50 per cent of the developed land to landowners in lieu of undeveloped land acquired for residential projects. The 3.16 acres of land at survey number 464 in Kasare village, Kasaba hobli in Mysuru taluk, are allegedly not legally Parvathi's.
