The stage specially designed for Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and other ministers to offer bagina at Hebbanahalli in Hassan district fell before the inauguration of the stage-one of Yettinahole Integrated Drinking Water project on Friday (September 6, 2024).
The Visvesaraya Jal Nigam officials had arranged a stage and decorated it with flowers. The stage, attached to the delivery chamber 4, was meant to offer bagina. CM Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and others were expected to offer bagina after initiating the pumping of water from delivery chamber 3 at Doddanagara.
However, even before the formal inauguration at Doddanagara, the floral stage fell down. Officers have rushed workers to set up the stage again.
DCM offers ‘homa’
Water Resources Minister D.K. Shivakumar takes part in a homa at Doddanagara village near Sakaleshpur on September 6, 2024, before the inauguration of stage one of Yettinahole Integrated Drinking Water Project. | Photo Credit: Prakash Hassan
Earlier in the day, Mr. Shivakumar, who is also the Minister for Water Resources, participated in a homa at Doddanagara village near Sakaleshpur, ahead of the inauguration.
Water pumped from weirs built across streams in the Western Ghats is collected in the delivery chamber 3 located at Doddanagara village.
Water pumped from the delivery chamber 3 will reach the delivery chamber 4 at Hebbanahalli, from where the water will flow in gravity canal.
After inauguration at the Doddanagara, CM, DCM and other ministers were expected to offer bagina at Hebbanahali and address the gathering there. Many ministers and legislators will attend the programme.
Published - September 06, 2024 11:03 am IST
