<p>JD(S) legislators on Thursday took out a march from Vidhana Soudha to Raj Bhavan protesting against the Centre's apathy towards irrigation and drinking water projects in Karnataka. </p>.<p>Speaking to mediapersons after meeting Governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot, JD(S) Legislature Party leader H D Kumaraswamy said the party had submitted a representation to the President of India, through the Raj Bhavan.</p>.<p>The representation stated that there has been an inordinate delay in issuing gazette notification of Upper Krishna and the Kalasa-Banduri projects. Also, even though Karnataka prepared a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the Mekedatu balancing reservoir project at the behest of the Union government, it has failed to take the project forward, it said.</p>.<p>"The Centre asked us to prepare a DPR for the project and then has kept the project in cold storage bowing to pressure from Tamil Nadu," Kumaraswamy said, stressing that the Mekedatu project was also a solution for addressing drinking water woes of Bengaluru.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/no-scope-for-talks-with-karnataka-on-mekedatu-tamil-nadu-cm-m-k-stalin-1010353.html" target="_blank">No scope for talks with Karnataka on Mekedatu: Stalin</a></strong></p>.<p>The party, in its representation, has urged the Centre to intervene and resolve the pending issues pertaining to these water projects, Kumaraswamy said. Led by party supremo H D Deve Gowda, JD(S) leaders would soon seek an appointment to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind, he added. </p>.<p><strong>'Karnataka now has Janata Dal govt'</strong></p>.<p>With the BJP appointing Basavaraj Bommai as the chief minister, Karnataka now has a Janata Dal government, JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy quipped. "I am feeling like there's a Janata Dal Chief Minister. He was part of the Janata Parivar before and even to this day he is a good friend and a well wisher," he said.</p>.<p>Taking a dig at the BJP national leadership, Kumaraswamy hoped that the Centre would cooperate with Bommai, unlike how it treated former chief minister B S Yediyurappa. </p>
<p>JD(S) legislators on Thursday took out a march from Vidhana Soudha to Raj Bhavan protesting against the Centre's apathy towards irrigation and drinking water projects in Karnataka. </p>.<p>Speaking to mediapersons after meeting Governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot, JD(S) Legislature Party leader H D Kumaraswamy said the party had submitted a representation to the President of India, through the Raj Bhavan.</p>.<p>The representation stated that there has been an inordinate delay in issuing gazette notification of Upper Krishna and the Kalasa-Banduri projects. Also, even though Karnataka prepared a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the Mekedatu balancing reservoir project at the behest of the Union government, it has failed to take the project forward, it said.</p>.<p>"The Centre asked us to prepare a DPR for the project and then has kept the project in cold storage bowing to pressure from Tamil Nadu," Kumaraswamy said, stressing that the Mekedatu project was also a solution for addressing drinking water woes of Bengaluru.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/no-scope-for-talks-with-karnataka-on-mekedatu-tamil-nadu-cm-m-k-stalin-1010353.html" target="_blank">No scope for talks with Karnataka on Mekedatu: Stalin</a></strong></p>.<p>The party, in its representation, has urged the Centre to intervene and resolve the pending issues pertaining to these water projects, Kumaraswamy said. Led by party supremo H D Deve Gowda, JD(S) leaders would soon seek an appointment to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind, he added. </p>.<p><strong>'Karnataka now has Janata Dal govt'</strong></p>.<p>With the BJP appointing Basavaraj Bommai as the chief minister, Karnataka now has a Janata Dal government, JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy quipped. "I am feeling like there's a Janata Dal Chief Minister. He was part of the Janata Parivar before and even to this day he is a good friend and a well wisher," he said.</p>.<p>Taking a dig at the BJP national leadership, Kumaraswamy hoped that the Centre would cooperate with Bommai, unlike how it treated former chief minister B S Yediyurappa. </p>
