Mandya: Maintaining that the proposed drinking water project aimed at supplying 500 MLD water to the State Capital Bengaluru from KRS Dam in Srirangapatna taluk will sound a death-knell to tail end farmers of VC (Visvesvaraya Canal) farm region of Mandya district, former Minister and senior JD(S) leader D.C. Thammanna has warned that a massive agitation would be launched if the project is not dropped.
Addressing a press meet here yesterday, Thammanna said that the DPR for the water project has been prepared at a cost of Rs. 6,939 crore, following which a notification for necessary land acquisition too has been issued.
