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Belagavi: There are about 36,000 lakes in Karnataka and of them 6,000 have been encroached upon by the government, private agencies and some private people, said minor irrigation minister C S Puttaraju. He added that officials have been told to identify such lakes and clear the encroachments.The minister chaired a progress review meeting here and later addressed the media. Chief engineer of minor irrigation department K H Raju and others were present. Chief minister Kumaraswamy has made a PHD in resolving such problems being created by BJP in the state,” he said.“The CM’s statement that public will revolt against BJP has been wrongly presented by some paid media. Land from farmers has been acquired for lakes but farmers have not been compensated, they said and sought the immediate release of funds.MP Suresh Angadi, MLA Mahantesh Koujalagi briefed about the problems of their constituencies..