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Daijiworld Media Network

Bengaluru, Apr 15: The ambitious Jaladhare campaign of JD(S) will formally take off from the party office in Bengaluru from April 16, Saturday, till May 8 throughout the State.

As many as 15 vehicles will simultaneously take off to collect holy water from 15 major rivers in the State and will cover 180 out of the 224 assembly constituencies in the State, former Chief Minister and JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy said on Friday, April 15.

While former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda will take part in the water collection from Krishnaraja Sagar Dam in Mandya district, Kumaraswamy will participate in the water collection at Almatti dam with former minister H D Revanna taking part in the programme at Hemavathy river in Hassan district.

All senior party leaders will take part in water collection at different major reservoirs, Kumaraswamy said.

“This is a most ambitious political programme and is aimed at highlighting the injustice done to Karnataka over the last 75 years in irrigation projects,’’ Kumaraswamy said and vowed the complete all the pending irrigation projects in 5 years if his party was voted to power with absolute majority.