Water Resources Minister  

Several people have been left stranded in various parts of Goa after rains lashed the state. Eight buses were stuck near the Goa-Karnataka border. Goa water resources minister Filipe Nery Rodrigues took note and assured people of all possible help.
 

Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said there are 5,344 big dams in the country and out of them, around 293 are more than 100 years old. About 1,041 dams or 20% are 50 to 100 years old, he added

DK Shivakumar has expressed confidence that they will able to save the government as the JD(S) has asked the Congress to have its own member as the CM.

Karnataka Congress minister DK Shivakumar was detained by the police while he staged a dharma demanding to meet rebel MLAs in Mumbai hotel, but was denied permission. But it is said that they met BJP leaders instead. Congress supporters staged a protest opposing the treatment meted out to Shivakumar in Mumbai.

Despite protests across Karnataka against the government's land deal with Jindal, Congress leader and water resources minister DK Shivakumar is supporting the decision, while attacking low-income groups
 

After being appointed as the minister for parliamentary affairs and coal and mines, Pralhad Joshi arrived in Hubballi, Karnataka. He was a give a grand welcome. The minister also used this occasion to urge Karnataka chief minister Kumaraswamy and water resources minister Shivakumar to resolve the issue amicably

 

Karnataka is facing acute shortage of water, and Maharashtra is not ready to release water from the Krishna river, despite its promise.

Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha  Karandlaje suggested former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah to wear bangles if he feels weak while Renukarcharya, MLA from Honnali called Patil and Shivakumar, Karnataka’s home and water resources ministers respectively, corrupt, as they allegedly spending money like water for the by-polls

In the meeting, Union defence minister Nirmala Seetharaman, Union minister of state for skill development Ananth Kumar Hegde as also minister of state for drinking water and sanitation Ramesh Jigajinagi were present. Former Prime Minister and JD(S) chief HD Deve Gowda and state water resources minister DK Shivakumar were also present

There was an agreement made in 2016 that Mathew Thomas would relinquish the post as water resources minister in favour of Krishnan Kutty once the Kerala government completed the halfway mark of its five-year term

There was an agreement that Thomas would relinquish the post as water resources minister in favour of Krishnan Kutty once the Kerala government completed the halfway mark of its five-year term. The deal was made in 2016.

37 Karnataka MPs, along with 12 advocates from the state were given invitations to attend a meeting regarding the Cauvery river water issue, in New Delhi. The invitations came in a black leather bag, consisting of a few documents and an iPhoneX.