Mandya: DCM D.K. Shivakumar assured that the permanent drinking water supply project for Ramanagara, Kanakapura, Channapatna and Magadi taluks of Bengaluru South district will be completed by December this year.
Today, he performed a shovel puja near the Sattegal dam and inspected the site for the initial phase of the project. Speaking later, he said that this project has been undertaken at a cost of Rs 540 crore. We had promised during the Channapatna by-election that we would provide drinking water to Ramanagara district. We are committed to this promise. Earlier, when I was the Irrigation Minister, this project was launched. However, I have come to inspect why it is being delayed. He said that 3.30 TMC of water is being released at a very low amount.
The officials inquired about the delay in the work and whether there were any obstacles in the progress of the project from the engineers of Megha Engineering Company, Hyderabad. They received detailed information about the progress of the project.
After this, they inspected the tunnel being drilled to drain water up to Iggalur Barrage and the quality of its lining work along with immediate past MP D.K. Suresh, MLAs C.P. Yogeshwar, Kadalur Uday, Legislative Council members S.Ravi, Sudham Das.
To a question from the media about whether farmers' land will be acquired, farmers' land is being acquired as per the need. The Mandya District Collector has been instructed to provide good compensation to the farmers who have provided land for the project and cooperated. This project will help in increasing groundwater levels and alleviate the drinking water woes of the people of the district,” he said.
Project Details:
About 10.82 lakh people and 9.03 lakh cattle in Bangalore South district, which has been suffering for several years due to lack of rain, will benefit from this drinking water project. This drinking water project has been undertaken at a cost of Rs. 540 crore. 220 cusecs of water will be released from the Sattegal Dam built across the Cauvery River near Belakavadi in Malavalli to the Iggalur Barrage for 180 days.
The special feature of this project is that water will be released through gravity for a length of about 25.40 km from Sattegal Dam to Iggalur Barrage. There will be a tunnel up to a length of 12.5 km, followed by a 13.35 km long pipeline. This tunnel has a circumference of 4 m and is in the shape of a ‘D’.
Then, through lift irrigation, water will be filled from Iggalur Barrage to Mogenahalli Lake, from this lake to Kanva Reservoir, then to Manchanabele and Y.G.Gudda Reservoir. At present, tunnel boring work has been completed up to about 11.33 km and lining work is currently underway. Tunnel boring work of 670 m is pending. CC lining work of 4.15 m of the tunnel route has been completed. The project has a pipeline length of 13.35 km. Out of this, 5.5 km work has been completed.