deputy commissioners have been asked to take all precautionary measures to repair borewells and drill new borewells so that the drinking water situation is under control sources said the state cabinet on saturday felt there was no need to implement the prevention of terrorism act pota in the state as a similar law is already in force posts the cabinet decided to order the scrapping of the posts of divisional commissioners with immediate effect bangalore besides the congress had opposed pota which was recently passed in the joint session of parliament the cabinet discussed all these issues in detail he said the threehour long cabinet meeting is believed to have discussed in detail the ramifications of the implementation of pota experts have been asked to draw up estimates for the project as of today there is no need for us to implement pota as the karnataka control of organised crime act kcoca and similar laws are being enforced however it decided to seek legal opinion whether the implementation of pota is binding on the state government based on that a decision would be taken sources said several chief ministers have expressed reservations about pota and there has been opposition besides the government has already released rs 25 lakh to all dcs to take up emergency work to mitigate the drinking water situation we will seek legal opinion whether the enforcement of pota is binding on us home minister mallikarjun m kharge told reporters after the cabinet meeting the water problems faced in districts was reviewed as april may and june are the most crucial months sources said the cabinet was also of the view that the government should oppose its implementation as several congressruled states were also against it after the posts are scrapped the officials would be transferred to other departments sources explained drinking water the cabinet also reviewed the drinking water situation and ordered a weekly monitoring of the situation at the district level jail the cabinet also decided to commission the horticulture department to develop the bangalore central jail into a garden