Karnataka Chief Secretary hold talks with Veerendra Heggade on water problem in Pilgrim Centre Dharmastala
Bengaluru, May 20 : Karnataka Chief Secretary Vijaya Bhaskar held talks with Dharmasthala Sri Manjunatheshwara Temple Administrator Veerendra Heggade and discussed about the acute water shortage being faced at the pilgrim Centre Dharmasthala.
According to official sources, Heggade and the Karnataka Chief Secretary discussed about the acute water shortage being faced by 30,000 to 40,000 devotees visiting the temple daily.
The talks were held on the backdrop of Heggade, who had appealed to the devotees to postpone their visit to Dharmasthala due to acute shortage of water faced for bathing and for preparing meals for visiting devotees.
He had stated in a release that Nethravathi river has gone dry and according to Weather office it may take atleast 10 days to get rain this part.
Heggade had reportedly suggested the State government for the need to construct another balancing reservoir across the Nethravathi, which overflows during Monsoon and store the water in summer.
Chief Secretary held talks with Heggade following a direction from Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, the sources added.
