Yettinahole Integrated Drinking Water Project pre-commissioning tests successful: Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar
Aug 23, 2024
The Yettinahole Integrated Drinking Water Project has envisaged lifting of 24.01TMC of water available during monsoon from Yettinahole, Kadumane Hole, Keri Hole and Hongada halla coming under western ghats in Sakaleshapura taluk of Hassan district to mitigate the problem of acute drinking water in drought-prone areas, especially in Chikkaballapur, Kolar Districts and other needy areas of Hassan, Ckikkamagaluru, Tumkur, Ramanagar and Bangalore Rural Districts by utilising 14.056TMC of water and filling of 527 tanks to their 50 per cent capacity in the above 05 districts by utilising 9.953 TMC of water to recharge ground water table which will benefit the population of about 75.59 lakhs (projected population for 2023-24) of 6657 villages and 38 towns in 29 taluks of the above 7 districts, stated Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar office.
