Bengaluru: MLA M. P. Renukacharya’s constituency Honnali in Davangere district has been sanctioned irrigation projects that were approved by the Cabinet on Monday June 21.
The Honnali taluk received clearance for Detailed Project Report (DPR) of two projects worth Rs 582 crore. First sanction has been for Rs 415-crore project to fill up 94 tanks in the taluk by lifting water from Tungabhadra reservoir and another is a Rs 167-crore project to upgrade tanks under Sasivehalli lift irrigation scheme.
Renukacharya is Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa’s political secretary and seen as one of his staunch loyalists.
