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We must not allow any activities that should peril the KRS reservoir at any cost,” she said. “We are not fools to let the government get away with such a wicked idea that can loot public money under the garb of boosting tourism with such buildings. Other farmer leaders and progressive thinkers expressed shock over the government’s idea in the meeting. He said that the government’s move to take up building activities near the reservoir would only weaken the dam structure and nothing else.“It is our hope that the state government wakes up and bans illegal mining which is posing a threat to the reservoir. Now, instead of fortifying the dam, the government wants to take up huge construction works around it,” Madegowda said.Another farmer leader Sunanda Jayaram said that some ministers were trying to loot the exchequer on the pretext of a theme park and are pushing for such building activities only to help the illegal mining mafia..