Mangaluru : The Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat (ZP) general meeting held on Wednesday January 7 and resolved to take a delegation to the government demanding higher allocation for drinking water projects and solve the problem on implementation of Basava Housing Scheme.

President Asha Thimmappa Gowda said a delegation of at least 10 members would soon meet Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister H.K. Patil to demand more funds for drinking water projects.

B.S. Mamatha Gatty urged the CEO to visit each and every village in the district and get to know the ground realities. “Aren’t there streams in every constituency to build check dams,” she asked. Ms. Maddineni said the funds did not come under the council’s allocation powers. However, president Ms. Gowda, upon the insistence of the members, resolved that each constituency would get a check dam.

The CEO told the council that she had sent a proposal to the government to exempt owners of properties up to 10 cents from getting Forms 9 and 11A for developing the property.