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Topographic map of Karnataka. Western Ghats are parallel to the coast. The Indian State of Karnataka is located between 11°30' North and 18°30' North latitudes and between 74° East and 78°30' East longitude.It is situated on a tableland where the Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats converge into the complex, in the western part of the Deccan Peninsular region of India.
The Karnataka government on 3 December 2011 unveiled a five-year action plan to fully use its share of water in the Krishna River basin. Stage III of UKP would use 130 tmcft of water. The Karnataka government would be spending ₹ 17,000 crore (US$2.0 billion) to complete the third stage of the project. [6]
Employing almost 44% of India's working population, agriculture is one of the most important occupations in India. Consequently, up to 80% of the groundwater in India is used for irrigation . [ 37 ] The Indian Agriculture Institute has been promoting the drip irrigation technology to relieve the water scarcity in India for decades.
India accounts for 18% of the world's population and about 4% of the world's water resources. One of the proposed solutions to solve the country's water woes is the Indian rivers interlinking project. [2] Some 80 percent of its area experiences rains of 750 millimetres (30 in) or more a year. However, this rain is not uniform in time or geography.
In 1973 the Karnataka Golf Association was formed and the members started looking for a location to set up a golf course. Among the several locations Challaghatta lake or tank was suggested, then located on the outskirts of the city. [47] At the time there were ample lakes in the city and not much fuss was made related to the lake itself. [48]
Dam/Reservoir River Location Storage capacity (tmcft) Reservoir level (m) Height of Dam (m) Length of Dam (m) No. of Gates Type Reservoir Area (km 2) Completed year
Millions of litres of untreated sewage is deposited in the lakes catchment area every day. [32] In 2017, 2020 and 2021 new sewage water treatment plants were opened in the catchment area of the lake. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] [ 35 ] There has been a loss in the number of upstream lakes connected to Bellandur Lake. [ 36 ]
Channapattana or Chennapattana is a city and taluk headquarters in Ramanagara District, Karnataka, India. Channapatna is approximately 60 km from Bangalore and 80 km from Mysore. The Kannadiga film actor Kishore was born here in 1974. Actress B.Sarojadevi was also born in the place. Former Kabaddi player B.C.Ramesh was born in Byrapatna ...