Taking to social media X, the Dy CM mentioned as soon as the brand new gates are put in, the reservoir will be capable of retailer water at its full capability.
“This can present ample water to tens of millions of farmers and meet their consuming water wants. Our dedication is to guard water sources and the pursuits of farmers,” he mentioned.
On August 20, he had additionally informed the Legislative Meeting that the manufacturing of crest gates for the Tungabhadra dam was happening.
“Tungabhadra Dam Board has issued the tender for making 33 crest gates to an Ahmedabad-based firm. Work on six crest gates is occurring proper now at Gadag and Hosapete. The fabrication work is already full. We've got instructed the engineers to hurry up the method. We've got requested them to delegate a few of the work to others for faster completion,” he knowledgeable the Meeting.
In accordance with him, Karnataka can solely retailer 80 TMC of water this 12 months because of security causes.”As per the suggestions of Kannaiah Naidu, we are able to retailer solely 76 per cent or 80 TMC of water within the dam. The Dam Board has determined to abide by that suggestion,” he knowledgeable.He additionally mentioned Karnataka won't launch water for the second crop.”Crest gate set up will not be doable if we give water for the second crop. Our farmers are nervous about their crops and I spoke to dam officers about it. They requested if the dam security was extra essential or the second crop,” he informed the Legislative Meeting.
