Bengaluru, June 26 -- Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar announced on Thursday that the meeting on the Hemavathi link canal, originally scheduled for June 30, has been postponed to July 4-5, following a request from Union Minister V Somanna.

Speaking to reporters at his Sadashivanagar residence here, Shivakumar said, "We have postponed the meeting as Somanna is also the MP from the district. The officials have been instructed accordingly."

The Deputy CM also addressed the postponement of a meeting with Yettinahole project contractors in Tumakuru, attributing it to the absence of Home Minister G Parameshwar. "The meeting will now be held in Bengaluru tomorrow or the day after," he said.

Shivakumar emphasised the government's ...