An additional Rs 1,500 crore budget funding has been sought for the current financial year for speedy implementation of major and medium irrigation projects in Karnataka, Water Resources Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.


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		</script> </DIV><p class='TableClas'>Bommai said allocation for these projects earmarked in the budget presented by the Governor Rameshwar Thakur when the State was under President's Rule was around Rs 3,600 crore which was "less to take up real works".&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </P>
</p><p class='TableClas'>"We have sought an increase of Rs 1,500 crore in the coming budget (to be presented by the BJP government next month)", he told reporters here today.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR><BR>Bommai also said three companies coming under his ministry 

Water Resources Min pushes for Rs 1500 cr

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