Water to be released from Bhadra reservoir for Kharif crops for 120 days from Tuesday
Water will be released in the right bank canal that goes to branch canals at Anaveri, Davangere, Malebennur, and Harihar.
This was decided in a meeting chaired by Minister for School Education Madhu Bangarappa, who heads the committee. The dates for releasing water in the left bank will be finalised later, as the repair works were on.
B.P. Harish, D.G. Shantana Gowda, Latha Mallikarjun, the legislators from the command area participating in the meeting, demanded the early release of water immediately so that growers in the tail end of the canal would benefit.
MLA for Tarikere G.H. Srinivas urged the committee to take strict actions to remove illegal pumpsets on the right bank canal. K.P. Amshumanth, chairperson of Bhadra Command Area Development Authority, representatives of farmers' organisations, and officers were present.
Soon after the meeting, R. Ravichandra, member-secretary of the IAC and superintending engineer of Bhadra Project Circle, issued the notification for the water release timetable.
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