New Delhi, July 8 -- Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday to meet with Union Minister of Jal Shakti CR Patil and Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav and discuss unfinished drinking water projects in the state.

"We have two pending projects, one is Kalsa Bhanduri and Yettinahole, One of them is 60% done, but was stopped due to some technical reasons, it was stopped by the Forest Department, so we gave them an alternative land. On the other project, the minister said that they have come to some conclusion and discussing with some counterpart ministers. I am meeting some other ministers in this regard," Shivakumar told reporters here.

Shivakumar also said that he...