Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister and local MLA Siddaramaiah instructed the concerned officials to release water from the Navilu Teerth reservoir in Belgavi to the Malaprabha River due to lack of drinking water in some villages of the Badami assembly constituency.

Speaking to the Belgavi Regional Commissioner via telephone, Siddaramaiah said that the villages of Malaprabha area in the Badami assembly constituency, has the scarcity of water. Hence he suggested that the water be released.

The release of water to the Malaprabha River will solve the drinking water problem, and the crops will also get water. The Regional Commissioner said that immediate action would be taken to release water.

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Jammu (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Jammu on Friday night ahead of the hectic day-long campaigning on Saturday during which he will address five public rallies in three districts of Jammu and Kashmir.

Shah arrived here from Delhi and drove straight to the State Guest house, a senior BJP leader said.

Shah will fly to Poonch early tomorrow morning and address the first of four rallies in Mendhar followed by Surankote in Poonch district, he added.

Shah is scheduled to address rallies in Thanamandi and Rajouri followed by Akhnoor in Jammu.

He is also expected to hold a rally in the Nowshera constituency in support of Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Sunday.