"Forty per cent of the work of the Express Link Canal project has been completed. In this situation, there is no reason to stop the work," Shivakumar told reporters at Vidhana Soudha while addressing concerns over the Hemavati Link Canal project.
Technical Advisor to Deputy Chief Minister and Irrigation Minister, K Jaiprakash, said on Saturday that there won't be any deficit of water for upstream taluks in Tumakuru district by supplying water to Kunigal taluk through the Sriranga Drinking Water Project (Kunigal Express Link Canal).