Minister reprimands officers for spending ₹400 crore without approval
Karnataka Water Resources Minister N. Chaluvarayaswamy has reprimanded officials for spending ₹400 crore on irrigation projects without obtaining mandatory Forest Department clearance. The minister also expressed frustration over the long-standing delays in the Ballari Nala Flood Mitigation Project.
Why it matters
This underscores issues of bureaucratic negligence and fiscal mismanagement in public infrastructure projects.
Minister reprimands officers for spending ₹400 crore without approval left Water Resources Minister N. Chaluvarayaswamy chairing an irrigation review meeting in Belagavi on Monday. P.K. BADIGER P.K. BADIGER https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/qyfcpf/article71627303.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/9727_26_10_2026_18_15_59_2_27BGMNCBALLARINALAMEETING2.JPEG BADIGER PK Karnataka belagavi 26 10 2026. N Chaluvarayaswamy, water resources minister reviews irrigation projects at a meeting in Belagavi on monday. Chaluvarayaswamy reviews progress of work under irrigation schemes Belagavi Water Resources Minister N. Chaluvarayaswamy reprimanded officials in Belagavi on Monday on the charge of spending nearly ₹400 crore without approval from the Forest Department. At a meeting to review irrigation projects, he also objected to delays in the completion of the planned work on the Ballari Nala Flood Mitigation Project and others. “You have already spent ₹400 crore on the construction of a new dam at Ballari Nala. This was done without even obtaining permission from the Forest Department. What have you achieved by this?
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