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The dispute has been ongoing for decades, and has often led to protests and violence. In August 2023, Tamil Nadu requested that Karnataka release 24,000 cusecs of Cauvery water per day. However, Karnataka refused, citing a deficit in rainfall and a drought-like situation in the state. The Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) then stepped ...
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 Purpose Almatti Dam [3] [4] Krishna: Nidagundi taluk, Bijapur district: 123.25: 519.6: 49.29: 1564.85: 26: Earth-fill, Gravity & Masonry dam: 540.11: 1999: Irrigation ...
Kaveri River water dispute. The sharing of waters of the Kaveri River has been the source of a serious conflict between the two Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The genesis of this conflict rests in two agreements in 1892 and 1924 between the Madras Presidency and Kingdom of Mysore. The 802 kilometres (498 mi) Kaveri river has 44,000 ...
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] Stage III consists of increasing the full reservoir water level of Alamatti Dam to 524 metres (1,719 ft) and this would require the relocation of 30 villages.
Basava Sagar Dam, previously known as Narayanpura Dam, is a dam constructed across the Krishna River at Yadgir District, Karnataka State, India. [1] The reservoir that it impounds is known as Basava Sagar, and has a total storage capacity of 37.965 tmcft (1.075 km 3 ), with 30.5 tmcft (0.85 km 3 ) live storage.
The balance of the works, namely the spillway, bridge road on the top of the dam, construction of utility tower, manufacture of crest grates for storing water up to 1633 level were completed in all respects by the end of June 1958. In 1958, water was let out up to and inclusive of Distributory 42 to serve an area of about 1.80 lakh acres.
Vani Vilasa Sagara, popularly known as Mari Kanive is a dam in Hiriyur Taluk, Chitradurga District, in the Indian state of Karnataka. [1] It is located about 20 km east of Hiriyur, 55 km south of Chitradurga, and 180 km north-west of Bengaluru. Vani Vilasa Sagara was built by the Mysore Maharajas pre-independence across the river Vedavathi.
The Linganamakki Dam was constructed by the Karnataka State Government in 1964. Located in the Kargal village of Sagara taluk, the dam has a length of 2.74 kilometres (1.70 mi) stretching across the Sharavathi river. It is located about 9 km from Jog Falls. [1] It has an effective storage capacity of 4.29 cubic km or 151.52 tmc ft of water.