Mangaluru : D.V.Sadananda Gowda Union law minister said that he will stand by Yettinahole Integrated Drinking Water Project, whatever may be, the problems to be faced, but cannot express opinion about the problems that state government will have to face on this issue. DVS was on a visit to the city to inaugurate SDM college Students’ Bar Council, at the SDM Law College , Sadananda Gowda said, as a chief minister, sufficient meeting were held with the officials of district zilla panchayat, before planning this project, and hence there is no two opinion on the project. Karnataka state government is in the hands of Congress and I am presently a minister in the central government. How can I express any opinion on the problems faced by the state government with regard to the project.

Water is important for man to survive and I am extremely concerned even as the chief minister of Karnataka, it was my responsibility to see, that in every district,all persons should get water and with this in mind, approval was given to this project. Human being has survived without food for a month, and without newspaper and other basic necessities, but cannot survive without drinking water,” he said.

Protesters against Yettinahole project. made their presence, felt during the visit of Sadananda Gowda, by their protests. showing black flags. Police detained Dinesh Holla, convener of Sahyadri Samrakshana waving black flags were detained by the Barke police and later released.

National Litigation Policy soon to reduce the burden of Court.

The National Litigation Policy aimed at reducing the number of pending cases in various courts in India, is ready and inter-ministerial meeting has been conducted. DVS also said that in the presence of secretaries of various ministeries, he would be moving, the proposed NLP to the Prime Minister, to be placed before the cabinet.National Litigation Policy will be in its place in a month.

Cases of Government Departments and public sector undertakings are the one that are found going to court.National Litigants Policy main aim is to solve cases within the departments. Government Departments and public sector undertakings and state Government’s are either litigant or respondents in most of the cases. For cases that are already in court, a settlement out of court, had been worked out with certain parameters. Four bills have been presented in this regard and we have also planned to repeal more than 1,300 old laws from the statute books,” he added.