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Sheela K.
Shetty, vice-president, zilla panchayat; Uday Kotian, chairman of Zilla Panchayat Standing Committee on Health and Education; and Shashikanth Padubidri, chairman, Zilla Panchayat Standing Committee on Agriculture and Industry, were present. Farmers have been demanding release of water in canals of the Varahi Irrigation Project in Kundapur taluk of Udupi district. Engineers of the Varahi Irrigation Project should be told to take immediate steps for release of water in the canals instead of giving excuses. more-inThe Udupi Zilla Panchayat on Tuesday directed the engineers of the Varahi Irrigation Project to release water to the canals as soon as possible so that farmers could benefit from it. The farmers had been demanding the release of water in the canals for a long time, he said..