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A breach successful the Tungabhadra Left Bank Canal, located betwixt Basapur and Bandiharlapur villages successful Koppal taluk, resulted successful the nonaccomplishment of ample quantities of h2o precocious connected Tuesday (March 18, 2026) night.
Officials stated that the breach occurred adjacent the 13th-mile agelong betwixt Basapur and Bandiharlapur villages, wherever the canal was carrying h2o released to capable tanks successful Koppal and Raichur districts to conscionable drinking h2o requirements. The discharge had been resumed based connected disposable retention successful the Tungabhadra Reservoir, aft being suspended earlier due to crest gross installation works.
Irrigation Department sources said seepage had been noticed earlier astatine a constituent weakened by rodent burrows. Sandbags were placed to incorporate the leakage, but the canal bund gave way, resulting successful the breach and the travel of h2o into adjoining cultivation fields.
Following directions from the Kalaburagi Regional Commissioner, h2o was being released into the canal astatine 2,000 cusecs from March 16, and it was to proceed till March 27, to capable tanks on the 0-104 mile agelong successful presumption of summertime drinking h2o needs successful municipality and agrarian areas.
Officials said efforts were underway to plug the breach and measure the grade of damage.
