A division bench headed by chief justice Vikramajit Sen on Tuesday issued notices to state government, water resource department principal secretary and department of rural development and panchayat raj in a case related to the diversion of water from Hemavathy River to Madalur tank and 11 other tanks coming under Krishna basin.
D Krishna Kumar and others filed a PIL seeking a stay on the government order to divert the water.
In their plea, they stated that they have farmland in Kunigal taluk, Tumkur, and Hemavathy is the only source of water.
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