Tungabhadra irrigation canals to get water from July 18

Tungabhadra Irrigation Consultative Committee (ICC) that met at the conference hall of the Tungabhadra Command Area Development Authority in Munirabad, Koppal district, on Monday, decided to release w

Tungabhadra Irrigation Consultative Committee (ICC) that met at the conference hall of the Tungabhadra Command Area Development Authority in Munirabad, Koppal district, on Monday, decided to release water from the Tungabhadra reservoir into different canals from July 18 for agricultural purposes. The 115th meeting of the ICC was chaired by Minister for Infrastructure Development, Haj and Wakf and Ballari district in-charge B.S. Anand Singh and attended by Lok Sabha members from Koppal, Ballari and Raichur, Karadi Sanganna, Y. Devendrappa and Raja Amareshwar Naik, respectively, and also legislators from Koppal, Ballari and Raichur districts, including K.C. Kondaiah, Somashekhar Reddy, Raja Venkatappa Naik, Basavaraj Dhadesugur, Raghavendra Hitnal, Basavanaguda Turvihal, B. Nagendra, J.N. Ganesh and Shivaraj Patil, and Agriculture Price Commission Chairman Hanumanagouda Belagurki, Koppal Deputy Commissioner Vikas Kishore Suralkar, Ballari Deputy Commissioner Pavan Kumar Malapati, Raichur Additional Deputy Commissioner Durugesh and other senior officers from the three districts. Addressing media representatives after the meeting, Mr. Singh said that the ICC had decided to release water at a rate of 4,100 cusecs into the Tungabhadra Left Bank Canal (TLBC), 1,130 cusecs into the Tungabhadra Right Bank High Level Canal and 700 cusecs into the Tungabhadra Right Bank Low-Level Canal from July 18 to November 30. He added that water will be released at a rate of 235 cusecs into the Rayabasava Canal till December 10.