In an emergency meeting at Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce, President Thomas D Souza sitting with Sa Ra Govindi, senior actor Doddanna, Praveen, A Ganesh, Ba Ma Harish announced full support to the September 13 protest for delay in implementation of Kalasa Banduri canal project.


Already Dr Shivarajakumar and Kichcha Sudeep extended support. The KFI on Tuesday afternoon announced that the Kannada film industry will be present at Hubballi to take part in protest. KFI is closing down in support of Kalasa Banduri project.


What is this Kalasa Banduri Project? The Kalasa-Banduri Project, proposed by the Karnataka government, aims to divert the water from Kalasa ‘nala’ (Canal) and Banduri ‘nala’ in Mahadayi basin to the Malaprabha River for meeting the drinking water requirement of Hubli-Dharwad.  The Mahadayi Water Dispute Tribunal has rejected Goa government plea to stop work on the Kalasa-Banduri Project. It has ordered Karnataka to plug the vents so as to avoid the automatic flow of flood water from Mahadayi to Malaprabha, thus satisfying both parties.