Chamarajanagar: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah said here yesterday that the State Government had spent around Rs. 40,000 crore in the last four years for the lake-filling projects in the State.
Speaking after lauding the works for filling of 24 lakes in the district, Siddharamaiah claimed that the previous Governments had not given much importance to irrigation projects. But his Government has released Rs. 58,000 crore for lake-filling projects, out of which Rs. 40,000 crore has been spent over the last four years and the rest will be spent in the next one year.
