<p class="title">The state government on Wednesday submitted to Karnataka High Court that a comprehensive report on curbing the flow of sewage and industrial effluents to the Cauvery river will be prepared in two months.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A division bench of Justice Ravi Malimath and Justice M Nagaprasanna was hearing a public interest litigation by S E Jayanth and others, seeking cleaning up of Cauvery river, the lifeline of Kodagu and Mysore region, and its tributaries.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Additional Government Advocate Ajith Achchappa submitted the affidavit stating that the Rural Drinking Water and Sanitation Department has appointed an agency to prepare a detailed project report (DPR), on curbing the flow of sewage to Cauvery river and its tributaries, by February 3, 2020.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Within two weeks of submission of the report, the government will invite short-term tenders for initiating the work.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">‘Funds set aside’</p>.<p class="bodytext">The project, mainly involving<br />the Gram Panchayats across<br />Cauvery river, will seek to implement wastewater management to ensure the sewage is not discharged into the river.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The government advocate further submitted that the fund for the project has been set aside, but the same cannot be utilised till the government prepares a detailed project report on the issue.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The government will take the appropriate<br />steps to save the river and its tributaries, the<br />government advocate submitted.</p>
<p class="title">The state government on Wednesday submitted to Karnataka High Court that a comprehensive report on curbing the flow of sewage and industrial effluents to the Cauvery river will be prepared in two months.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A division bench of Justice Ravi Malimath and Justice M Nagaprasanna was hearing a public interest litigation by S E Jayanth and others, seeking cleaning up of Cauvery river, the lifeline of Kodagu and Mysore region, and its tributaries.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Additional Government Advocate Ajith Achchappa submitted the affidavit stating that the Rural Drinking Water and Sanitation Department has appointed an agency to prepare a detailed project report (DPR), on curbing the flow of sewage to Cauvery river and its tributaries, by February 3, 2020.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Within two weeks of submission of the report, the government will invite short-term tenders for initiating the work.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">‘Funds set aside’</p>.<p class="bodytext">The project, mainly involving<br />the Gram Panchayats across<br />Cauvery river, will seek to implement wastewater management to ensure the sewage is not discharged into the river.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The government advocate further submitted that the fund for the project has been set aside, but the same cannot be utilised till the government prepares a detailed project report on the issue.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The government will take the appropriate<br />steps to save the river and its tributaries, the<br />government advocate submitted.</p>