<p>The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board will now be under Urban Development Minister S Suresh Kumar, a Rajbhavan communique said.<br /><br />The Housing portfolio has been allocated to V Somanna, who has been divested of the department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs.<br /><br />The Housing and BWSSB departments were also with Naidu before he resigned after his name figured in an FIR lodged against him by the Lokayukta over a land deal.<br /><br />Naidu, a trusted aide of chief minister BS Yeddyurappa had resigned on December 3, becoming the first political casualty of the land scam charges haunting the BJP government in the state.<br /><br />According to the communique, Energy Minister Shobha Karandlaje has been given additional charge of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs.</p>
<p>The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board will now be under Urban Development Minister S Suresh Kumar, a Rajbhavan communique said.<br /><br />The Housing portfolio has been allocated to V Somanna, who has been divested of the department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs.<br /><br />The Housing and BWSSB departments were also with Naidu before he resigned after his name figured in an FIR lodged against him by the Lokayukta over a land deal.<br /><br />Naidu, a trusted aide of chief minister BS Yeddyurappa had resigned on December 3, becoming the first political casualty of the land scam charges haunting the BJP government in the state.<br /><br />According to the communique, Energy Minister Shobha Karandlaje has been given additional charge of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs.</p>