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| | The Hindu : Water to be released into TLBC |
 | | The ministers in charge of Raichur and Koppal districts, Raja Amareshwara Naik and Mallikarjuna Nagappa, respectively, Chennabasappa, Irrigation Secretary, N.S. Bose Raju, Manvi MLA and Chairman of the Hyderabad-Karnataka Development Board (HKDB), Srirangadevarayalu, Gangavathi MLA and Chairman of the Karnataka Khadi Board, Syed Yasin, Raichur MLA, and Hampangouda Badarli, Sindhanoor MLA, participated. |
 | | of water had been allocated to the TLBC, which had to be utilised exclusively for meeting the drinking water requirement of the affected villages and camps in the command areas of Koppal and Raichur districts. |
 | | The representatives of both the districts said at the meeting that the Government was forced to close the canal on December 25 in view of the low storage in the reservoir on account of the lack of rainfall last year. |
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