JAGALURU: Calling upon the public to make Karnataka ‘Number One State’ in the country, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said that it is possible if everyone join hands with the government. Addressing the public during the ground breaking ceremony for various developmental works in the town, he said that it is the BJP which aims at making Karnataka an welfare state.

The long wait for the Upper Bhadra project is over, he said, as it is progressing at a great speed. Former CM BS Yediyurappa had initiated the project in 2008 by allocating funds.With the launch of the project to fill nine tanks and irrigate 40,000 hectares in Jagaluru taluk, the region once called drought prone, will have ample water and greenery on all sides, and the ground water level will also rise, said CM.

Attributing the success of the ongoing Upper Bhadra Project and filling of 57 tanks of Jagaluru to Yediyurappa, Bommai said that based on the directions of the Taralabalu Sri Dr. Shivamurthy Shivacharya Swamiji the work of filling the tanks was initiated which is on the verge of completion. 

National project status

Bommai said that he is expecting the Centre’s approval for declaring the Upper Bhadra Project a National Project. Once approved, it will help in pumping of Rs 16,000 crores to expedite the works.