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Amid the water disaster within the metropolis, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has prohibited the usage of ingesting water in swimming swimming pools | File picture
Faced by extreme water scarcity, the Karnataka Government has mentioned that it’ll not be ready to launch water to Tamil Nadu even when the centre asks it to take action. Karnataka Chief Minister made these remarks on Tuesday after the BJP held a protest at Bengaluru’s freedom park towards the scarcity of water within the state capital.
Denying allegations by the BJP that the Karnataka authorities is releasing water from the Cauvery River to Tamil Nadu. the Karnataka Chief Minister mentioned, “That’s all lie what BJP is saying, we can release water only if we have water. That’s a lie. When we don’t have water to release, we don’t even give a single drop of water to Tamil Nadu or any others. Even Tamil Nadu didn’t ask for water.”
Siddaramaiah additional mentioned that his state is not going to be releasing water to Tamil Nadu even when the Center directs it to take action.
“We don’t have water to release. There is no question of releasing water. Even if Tamil Nadu asks or the Center tells us to release (water) we’ll not release. We will not give water whoever it may be,” the Chief Minister mentioned.
According to native reviews, water sources in lots of villages throughout the state have dried up. The drawback has been additional compounded by the depletion of groundwater and the drying up of greater than 3000 borewells within the capital metropolis.
As the state stares at a extra extreme summer time this yr than the final, in line with Met officers, an estimated 7,082 villages and 1,193 wards, together with these in Bengaluru Urban district, might face a ingesting water disaster within the coming months, as per an evaluation of the federal government on February 10.
Amid the water disaster within the metropolis, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has prohibited the usage of ingesting water in swimming swimming pools.
Meanwhile, in response to the central authorities notifying the Rules of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), handed in 2019, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah questioned the inactivity of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the CAA in the previous few years and mentioned that they’re implementing it since elections are arising.
“They (Centre) have implemented CAA as elections are coming up. Why were they quiet till now? I oppose the granting of citizenship based on religion,” Siddaramaiah mentioned chatting with reporters at Chamarajanagar on Tuesday.
On Monday night, the Union Home Ministry notified guidelines for implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), days forward of the announcement of the Lok Sabha elections schedule.
The Act goals to offer Indian citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants – together with Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis, and Christians – who migrated from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan and arrived in India earlier than December 31, 2014.
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First Published: Mar 13 2024 | 12:02 PM IST
