India, May 6 -- Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar announced that the long-pending permanent Cauvery drinking water supply project for taluks in Bengaluru South district will be completed by December 2025.

Speaking to reporters yesterday after performing the ground-breaking ceremony near the Sattegala reservoir, he said the Rs. 540-crore project would fulfil a poll promise made during the Channapatna by-election. "We are committed to providing drinking water to all taluks in the Bengaluru South district," Shivakumar said.

The project, which will cater to Ramanagara, Kanakapura, Channapatna and Magadi taluks, was originally launched during Shivakumar's earlier tenure as the Water Resources Minister.

He visited the site to review dela...