![]() ![]() Maharashtra got the lowest share of 1.33 tmc ft for meeting its in-basin needs with respect to five projects. Goa's share was pegged at 24 tmc ft with the Tribunal allowing it for the State's municipal water needs, irrigation and industrial demands. In its verdict, the Mhadei tribunal has allowed Karnataka access to 13.4 tmc ft of water (5.4 tmc ft for consumption and 8.02 tmc ft for power generation). But nothing is moving except assurances to us,” Mupannavara said, adding they meet every day in the evening to push their movement.įarmers were optimistic when the Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Limited in March this year invited a short tender for the construction of a diversion dam across Bhandura Nalla at an estimated cost of Rs 542.31 crore as per its Bandura Nalla diversion scheme but technical bids could not be opened due to code of conduct in force for Karnataka Assembly polls. All political parties show they are united on this issue. “We need water to meet requirements of parched areas of Dharwad taluka. Malaprabha-Mahadayi-Kalasabanduri Raita Horata Vakkuta Paxatita Raita Horata, Navalgund president Siddappa Mupannavara charged that none of the successive governments had the guts to divert Mhadei waters to Malaprabha river basin. ![]() Stating that farmers from Navalgund and surrounding areas have started a continuous movement for the last eight years, he recalls that the battle to divert Mhadei water started almost 50 years ago by the then MLA late B M Hokkeri and all political parties supporting it. We want water for drinking purposes and the then Chief Ministers of three riparian States had agreed for it,” claims Gouda Patil. “About 220 TMC of Mhadei water is flowing into Goa without any utilisation. Gouda Patil refused to accept Goa government's opposition to divert water from deficit Mhadei river basin to surplus Malaprabha river basin and that diversion would be disastrous for Goa. But the Karnataka government has no guts to start the work,” he said when asked how Karnataka can go ahead without obtaining Environmental Clearance (EC) from the Ministry of Environment and Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC), New Delhi.Īccording to Gouda Patil, the Inter-State Mhadei Water Disputes Tribunal has given partial verdict, allowing Karnataka access to 5.4 tmc feet of water and full verdict is still awaited. Farmers’ leader Subhashchandra Gouda Patil said, “Government can start the work of constructing Kalasa-Bhandura nallah project by adopting advanced international technology, which will not affect the forest area and environment. It’s not just the politicians, but even farmers want diversion of Mhadei river. Of the seven constituencies of Dharwad district, farmers from Navalgund, Nargund and Dharwad are demanding Mhadei water for both - irrigation and drinking purposes. In the run up to May 10 Karnataka Assembly polls, Team Herald visited twin cities of Hubbali-Dharwad and saw all political parties are in unison to divert Mhadei water to the Malaprabha river basin, claiming that they need water to meet the drinking water needs of Dharwad district. With Karnataka Assembly elections just six days away, all the political parties are united in favour of diverting Mhadei water, for which a long pending battle is going between the three disputing neighbouring States - Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra. That the political thirst of those in Karnataka is quenched only by the diverted waters of Goa’s Mhadei HUBBALI: There are few things constant in the hurly burly of Karnataka’s politics. ![]()
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