mysore karnataka revenue minister hc srikantaiah on sunday said the state government would initiate action against those found guilty of irregularities in distribution of foodgrains under foodforfodder schemespeaking to reporters after a review meeting of drought relief works in the district the minister said he was aware of lok ayukta raid in hullahalli in nanjangud taluk in december which resulted in unearthing irregularity in distribution of foodgrains under drought relief works the government would not protect anybody and would act according to the law he saidin reply to a question srikantaiah claimed that even though water was being released to tamil nadu as per the directives of the apex court the state government would take action to maintain supply of drinking to the urban and rural areas in the district he also said the union government had directed them to take up works for providing drinking water on a priority basis and said the government had directed all deputy commissioners accordinglysrikantaiah said chief minister krishna and home minister mallikarjuna kharge had appealed to the union government to release additional quota of foodgrains to distribute under foodforwork scheme and claimed they had sufficient funds to distribute to villagers under drought relief schemes we are waiting for release of foodgrains from the union government he said hoping that additional foodgrains would be released shortlyhe said the government was carefully studying three reports submitted to it to carve out new taluks for administrative convenience we have set in motion process of creation of 10 new taluksat the meeting he directed officers to give priority to drinking water schemes and not to heed to the demands of the local elected representatives including mlas at the same time he asked officers to give prominence to the constituencies represented by the opposition parties he directed deputy commissioner kumar naik and zilla panchayat ceo anil kumar to tour different areas which are facing distress situation