Bengaluru, 7 July

Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said the final report on the formation of corporations under the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) would be discussed in the Cabinet after taking Opposition leaders into confidence.

Speaking after a meeting with officials at Vidhana Soudha, Shivakumar said the proposed corporations would fall within BBMP limits, with plans for future expansion. “We must take all parties along and hold elections as early as possible,” he said.

Regarding his meeting with Home Minister G Parameshwara on the Yettinahole project, he said the plan is to store water in tanks without submerging villages. The issue will also be discussed in the Cabinet.

Shivakumar is scheduled to meet the Union Jal Shakti Minister in Delhi tomorrow to discuss forest land clearances for the project in Hassan and Tumakuru. “The party office is like a temple; I will visit it too,” he added.