485:. Thousands of farmers lost their land due to this project, farmers land was sunk into backwater as well as dam water and became stranded. Huge i.e. more than 60sq.km land was submerged in Almatti Dam water, citizens lost their homes, homeland and farmland and society because of this project. Nearly 3000 villages sunk under dam water have now become displaced, stranded and spread out in Karnataka and surrounding states. Citizens and citizen farmers sacrificed their life, land and society.
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generation plant of installed capacity of 297 MW has been contemplated at
Almatti, which it is estimated would generate about 672 million units annually. This work has been assigned to KPCL, a Karnataka Government company. It is expected to increase the production of food grains and cash crops in the
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after becoming the Prime
Minister of India, amended the rule to release the funds for water projects of the states and released 700 cr to the state of Karnataka which not only helped Karnataka, but all states for their water projects. Even though several CM's came and went but not finished this
432:(US$ 720 million) to the country's economy annually and stimulating prosperity and growth in the otherwise drought-prone and economically backward districts of the north eastern part of Karnataka. The project is also intended to provide drinking water to 18 urban and several rural centres.
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Stage II of the UKP plans to use 54 tmcft of water and irrigate 1971.20 km of land. It involves irrigation on the right bank of the river by the flow and also by lifting the waters to higher levels on both left and right banks. The project mainly involved construction of channels.
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UKP stage III would involve lift irrigation schemes at Mulwad, Chimmalagi, and Indi and extension of the
Narayanapura Right Bank Canal and Bhima diversion plan. Stage III would also involve the extension of lift irrigation schemes at Rampur, Mallabad, Koppal and Herakal.
112:(US$ 1.2 billion), and it took 42 years for the project to be completed. 201 villages were affected by the project and 136 villages were completely submerged in the backwaters of the reservoirs constructed as a part of the project.
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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
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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. One lakh acres (405 km) of land would be submerged.
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project since 15 years. Totally dam work started 45 years back but not completed till today. Due to this
Karnataka Government lost huge agricultural income and loss to ex-chequer.
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on 22 May 1964. It was designed to irrigate 1,536,000 acres of land in
Gulbarga, Raichur, Bijapur, Bagalkot and now Yadgir. UKP intends to use the bulk of 173
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Stage I of the UKP plans to use 119 tmcft of water and irrigate 4250 km of land on the left bank of the
Krishna River. It involves construction of
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449:(FIR) was filed by police on 26 Oct 2011 in connection with alleged financial irregularities in awarding the contracts to the tune of
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Lack of proper maintenance has been a recurring concern, especially after disasters such as the collapse of a main gate at the
873:"Ground Realities: The families displaced by the Upper Krishna Project in Karnataka are unhappy at the rehabilitation centres"
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456:(US$ 48 million) in the project during 1995–1998. The FIR filed did not name anyone. Former prime minister
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105:(US$ 14 million); however, after many revisions, the final cost of the project reached
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live storage capacity supplies irrigation water to nearly 60,000 acres by
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Construction of
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400:(US$ 2.0 billion) to complete the third stage of the project.
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This project also includes construction of
Hipparagi barrage (near
521:"President to dedicate Upper Krishna Project to the nation today"
783:"CID to probe into corruption during Gowda's tenure: K'tka govt"
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805:"Rs 17,000 crore plan for utilisation of River Krishna water"
735:"World Bank report was not circulated among us, says Prakash"
663:"Rs 17,000 crore plan for utilization of River Krishna water"
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with around 950,000 acres of land coming under irrigation. A
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828:"Breach raises questions about safety, maintenance of dam"
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The foundation stone for the project was laid by the then
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to irrigate 1,536,000 acres of land (6,220 km).
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Almatti Dam constructed as a part of the UKP project
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to provide irrigation to the drought-prone areas of
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416:The major beneficiary of the project would be
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279:Narayanpur Right Bank Canal up to 95 km
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364:and barrage crest level at 516.635 m MSL in
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807:. Bangalore. OUTLOOKINDIA. 26 October 2011
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31:(UKP) is an irrigation project across the
561:. Gulbarga. 14 March 2010. Archived from
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760:"Crest gate work awarded sans KBJNL nod"
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177:Construction of Narayanpur Left Canal
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688:Special correspondent (20 May 2000).
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209:Construction of Jewargi Branch Canal
690:"Stage I of UKP yet to be completed"
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553:"Upper Krishna Project cost revised"
193:Construction of Mudbal Branch Canal
185:Construction of Shapur Branch Canal
887:from the original on 9 October 2009
86:of water allocated to the state of
84:thousand million cubic feet (tmcft)
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303:Almatti Left Bank Canal extension
201:Construction of Indi Branch Canal
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128:along with several other canals.
425:command area of the UKP, adding
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18:Upper Krishna Irrigation Project
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596:. Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam LTD
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92:Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal
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519:Suresh Bhat (21 August 2006).
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295:Mulwad Lift Irrigation Scheme
271:Rampur Lift Irrigation Scheme
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37:Vijayapura district, Karnataka
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669:. Bangalore. 3 December 2011
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287:Indi Lift Irrigation Scheme
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616:"Hipparagi barrage details"
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781:Staff (29 November 2010).
637:"Hipparagi Barrage B00592"
55:districts in the state of
733:Staff (18 October 2005).
529:. Bijapur. Archived from
263:Almatti Right Bank Canal
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447:first information report
758:Staff (13 March 2006).
667:Daily News and Analysis
594:"Upper Krishna Project"
96:R. S. Bachawat Tribunal
65:Government of Karnataka
923:Economy of Maharashtra
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871:Sharma, Ravi (2006).
348:16.55250°N 75.16611°E
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77:Indian prime minister
29:Upper Krishna Project
913:Economy of Karnataka
840:on 18 February 2006.
747:on 23 December 2005.
258:Area irrigated (km)
150:Area irrigated (km)
918:Irrigation in India
877:The Hindu Frontline
702:on 8 February 2013.
418:Kalaburagi district
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80:Lal Bahadur Shastri
856:has generic name (
787:The Economic Times
718:has generic name (
565:on 19 October 2013
436:Major difficulties
353:16.55250; 75.16611
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370:Belagavi district
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465:Maintenance
430:6,000 crore
422:hydel power
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167:Almatti Dam
141:UKP-Stage I
122:Almatti Dam
116:UKP-Stage I
907:Categories
891:18 October
501:References
339:75°09′58″E
336:16°33′09″N
846:cite news
833:The Hindu
740:The Hindu
708:cite news
695:The Hindu
558:The Hindu
526:The Hindu
483:community
454:400 crore
441:Financial
103:120 crore
88:Karnataka
59:in south
57:Karnataka
885:Archived
811:2 August
791:Archived
768:Archived
673:2 August
489:See also
71:Overview
45:Kalburgi
41:Bagalkot
642:26 June
621:23 July
600:26 June
569:29 July
537:25 July
378:Ainapur
317:1971.20
298:308.50
290:419.00
282:840.00
274:202.35
266:161.00
231:4249.03
204:1312.6
188:1221.2
180:472.23
90:by the
53:Raichur
883:(21).
382:Halyal
306:47.35
255:Works
147:Works
49:Yadgir
477:Human
374:tmcft
312:TOTAL
226:TOTAL
61:India
893:2013
858:help
813:2012
720:help
675:2012
644:2018
623:2013
602:2012
571:2012
539:2012
380:and
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