Bengaluru, March 21 -- Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, along with several other ministers, participated in the Cauvery Aarti in Bengaluru on Friday, offering prayers to the sacred river.

On Thursday, Dy CM said that the state government would launch a month-long water conservation campaign on March 22, along with Cauvery aarti in Bengaluru.

Speaking to reporters at Vidhana Soudha, Shivakumar said, "The government has planned to organise Cauvery aarti at Sankey tank along with the water conservation campaign. This is purely a government programme, but some have moved to court. We will argue our case in the court of law."

"March 22 is World Water Day, and as a result, we have decided to launch a month-long water conservati...