Title: Need to provide financial assistance to the State Government of Karnataka to solve acute problem of potable water in Kolar district-Laid. 17.31 hrs
SHRI K.H. MUNIYAPPA (KOLAR): Kolar district in Karnataka State is facing acute shortage of water due to lowest rainfall. There is no river or canal system in the area. Due to scanty rainfall, the water level has gone down to 600 ft. in many villages, thus creating scarcity of potable water. Due to non-availability of water, irrigation facilities are almost non-existent and it is seriously affecting the crops. There are about 4,000 tanks, which were constructed nearly a hundred years back and these are terribly silted. De-silting of the tanks is the only way by means of which the water level can go up. Similar position exists in Tumkur, Chitradurga, Bellary, Raichur and rural Bangalore. The scarcity of water is further aggravated by the fact that there is a lot of fluoride content in the water, which results in decay of teeth and bone cancer.
I would appeal to the Prime Minister to provide the sum of Rs.1,000 crores to undertake the desilting of tanks and reducing the fluroide in water. This is the only way for provision of safe potable water and raising the water level.
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