Chamarajanagar: Two boys drown in tank
Chamarajanagar, October 11: Two boys who have gone for swimming in a tank drowned in the water at Bela Chalavadi village in Gundlupete taluk in the district on Wednesday.
The deceased have been identified as Chandan (14), son of Shivanna, and Praveen (15), son of Mahesh of the same village. Both of them were studying in 9th and 10th standard respectively in Beguru Government High School. Both of them have left home on Wednesday afternoon saying that they have dance class in the school and later, they were missing.
Today morning, the villagers noticed two bicycles and clothes near the tank and informed the Beguru police. When the fire brigade and divers searched in the tank, they found the bodies. After postmortem, the bodies were handed over to the families. A case was registered at Beguru police station.
Tahsildar C. Bharati, Circle Inspector H.N. Balakrishna, Beguru police station PSI Lohith Kumar, Fire Brigade Officer Cheluvaraju visited the spot. District Minister Puttaranga Shetty also visited the mortuary and consoled the parents.
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Karnataka govt seeks agency to manage rural drinking water units: Minister
Belagavi (Karnataka) (PTI): Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Wednesday said the state government is working to appoint an agency to manage clean drinking water units in rural areas.
The state Rural Development and Panchayat Raj minister was responding to a question by Hirekerur MLA U B Banakar in the legislative assembly.
"In the rural areas of the state, many clean drinking water units have been set up under corporate social responsibility (CSR) grants, including contributions by MLAs and MPs, and handed over to gram panchayats. After the maintenance period, problems have arisen in keeping these units operational," Priyank said.
He added that a proposal has been made to award a maintenance contract to one of the country’s reputed drinking water unit manufacturing companies, but so far, no companies have come forward to take up the work.
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"The government is continuing its efforts and will resolve this problem soon," he said.
On a query regarding fluoride content in water, the minister said water quality testing is being conducted monthly in all zilla panchayats.
"Laboratories have been opened for this purpose. Around 6.5 lakh water samples have been tested across the state, and water testing kits have been provided to villages," he added.
