<p>Speaking after inaugurating the bio-metric wage payment system under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) at Yaliwal village in Kundagol taluk on Saturday, he stated that a sum of Rs 10 lakh each would be provided to all Assembly constituencies in rural areas to redress drinking water scarcity<br />The task force committees headed by local legislators should take steps to utilise the amount to mitigate drinking water shortage, he said.<br /><br />“In a meeting held in Bangalore recently, Chief Executive Officers of all Zilla Panchayats were instructed to take up the works to redress drinking water scarcity on a war footing. The Chief Minister has been requested to sanction more funds for areas which would face severe drinking water scarcity in coming days,” he added.<br /><br />Later, Shettar told media persons that the government was ready to extend co-operation for conducting Gram Panchayat elections as soon as the State Election Commission decided the dates of elections.<br /><br /></p>
<p>Speaking after inaugurating the bio-metric wage payment system under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) at Yaliwal village in Kundagol taluk on Saturday, he stated that a sum of Rs 10 lakh each would be provided to all Assembly constituencies in rural areas to redress drinking water scarcity<br />The task force committees headed by local legislators should take steps to utilise the amount to mitigate drinking water shortage, he said.<br /><br />“In a meeting held in Bangalore recently, Chief Executive Officers of all Zilla Panchayats were instructed to take up the works to redress drinking water scarcity on a war footing. The Chief Minister has been requested to sanction more funds for areas which would face severe drinking water scarcity in coming days,” he added.<br /><br />Later, Shettar told media persons that the government was ready to extend co-operation for conducting Gram Panchayat elections as soon as the State Election Commission decided the dates of elections.<br /><br /></p>
