Overview

• Home Minister G. Parameshwara visited Tumakuru to meet officials after May 31 unrest and signaled a review of the 13 FIRs lodged against protesters
• More than 100 farmers, BJP and JD(S) leaders and religious seers face charges over demonstrations that damaged equipment and defied prohibitory orders
• Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar says the canal will channel unused Hemavathi water to Kunigal after a decade of shortfalls and rejected claims of Bengaluru diversion
• The canal, first approved in 2006 and revived under Congress in 2023, involves a pipeline diversion to Sriranga Lake to address drinking water needs in Magadi and Kunigal taluks
• Construction began with ₹400 crore released so far as costs rose from an initial ₹600 crore estimate to between ₹900 crore and ₹1,000 crore