Protest recently against delay in Varahi project.

Members of the Udupi Zilla Raitha Sangha will stage a dharna at Siddapura in the district recently to protest against the delay in the implementation of the Varahi Irrigation Project.

A release by the sangha recently said that though both the construction of Brahmavar Cooperative Sugar Factory and Varahi Irrigation Project were launched on the same day 35 years ago, the former had materialised but the latter was progressing at snail's pace.

Major and Medium Irrigation Minister M.B. Patil and Urban Development Minister Vinay Kumar Sorake had assured the farmers that water would flow in the canals of the Varahi Irrigation Project by the end of the year. Failing which, the sangha was forced to launch a protest, they said.


THE HINDU