BENGALURU: An excursion turned tragic for a group of 12 students, when five of them, including three girls, drowned at Sangama near Mekedatu in Kanakapura of Ramanagara district on Monday.

“The office for the Mekedatu project has been established ... “I am happy about the project to bring water from Sangama to fill 21 lakes in this region,” he said after laying the foundation ...

This includes private landowners in five villages—Sangama, Muttathi ... be completed in another six months,” Gowda told HT.