Raj H K Patil

In a major drive in the light of several cases of children falling into open borewells, a total of 1,47,786 such defunct borewells have been identified and closed in the state, State Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj H K Patil said yesterday.

Karnataka government would draw up a project to set up pure drinking water units in villages with a population of more than 2,000, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister H K Patil said on Tuesday.

In a major drive in the light of several cases of children falling into open borewells, a total of 1,47,786 such defunct borewells have been identified and closed in the state, State Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj H K Patil said yesterday.

Karnataka government would draw up a project to set up pure drinking water units in villages with a population of more than 2,000, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister H K Patil said on Tuesday.