Mangaluru: Activist K N Somashekhar, has moved to the Supreme Court alleging irregularities of Rs 2000 crores in various departments of the state government. Prashant Bhushan will be the legal counsel for Somashekhar on his plea. The Supreme Court accepted the case for hearing and has sent a notice to the state government in this regard.

After RTI details revealed that there were widespread irregularities in the Departments of Agriculture and Horticulture, Somasehakher had moved the High Court. After the HC cancelled his plea he moved to the Supreme Court. Somashekhar has demanded CBI probe into the irregularities He has also alleged that misappropriation to the tune of at least Rs 10 crores take place annually even in Dakshina Kannada.

The Yettinahole Project seeks to divert the head waters of the Gundia River in the west and transfer this water to the other end of the state, in the east for irrigation and drinking purposes. The aim is to provide 14 TMC of water for Hassan, Chikkamagalore, Tumkur and Bangalore rural and 10 TMC for Kolar and Chikkaballapur. Of this 10 TMC barely 2.81 TMC is earmarked for drinking water supply for these two districts.