Minister directs officials to finalise count, ownership of water bodies in Karnataka
Published on: Jan. 8, 2026, 8:54 p.m. | Source: Devdiscourse
Karnataka Minister N S Boseraju on Thursday directed officials to finalise the exact number of water bodies in the state and take immediate steps to classify them according to their respective departments.The minister held a meeting with senior officials from the Minor Irrigation Department, Survey Settlement and Land Records SSLR, Karnataka State Remote Sensing Applications Centre KSRAC, Karnataka Council for Science and Technology KCST, and the Karnataka Tank Conservation and Development Authority KTCDA.There is significant confusion regarding the status and ownership of approximately 41,849 water bodies across the state.
