We’re planning to seek additional water from Maharashtra, says Minister

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The State is readying to petition Maharashtra to merchandise further h2o from its dams into the Krishna stream course, arsenic leakage successful the Hippargi dam successful Bagalkot territory has led to a nonaccomplishment of astir 2 tmcft of water, Minister Satish Jarkiholi said present connected Friday.

He told reporters that owed to harm to the 22nd crest gross of the Hippargi dam adjacent Jamkhandi, 2 tmcft to 3 tmcft of h2o has been mislaid successful the past fewer months.

“The harm has been repaired but the nonaccomplishment has reduced the quantity of impounded water. We privation to petition Maharashtra to merchandise further h2o from its reservoirs,” the Minister said.

He told officers to hole for h2o scarcity successful the summertime months. They should guarantee that nary village, hamlet, municipality oregon metropolis oregon habitation suffers from drinking h2o scarcity. He said that nary municipality oregon agrarian section assemblage is supplying h2o to immoderate colony oregon habitation by tankers.

Tahsildars person been instructed to supply tanker h2o to each places that look scarcity. In case, determination are nary tankers available, the section gram panchayat has been authorised to bargain them, the Minister said.

He asked Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Roshan and ZP CEO Rahul Shindhe to show the concern closely.

Published - March 13, 2026 08:02 p.m. IST

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