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Almatti Dam Height Increase: Compensation Sought for 5,600 Acres
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5,600 acres under water if Almatti rises: the Krishna basin dam question Karnataka Geography tests
Raising Almatti dam would submerge about 5,600 acres in 15 Babaleshwar villages; a minister sought compensation in phases.
Why it matters: factual, Prelims-type; Karnataka-specific
What you need to know
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Minister M.B.
Patil has asked the Water Resources Minister to provide compensation, at least for 1,000 acres in the first phase, for land in 15 villages of Babaleshwar constituency that would be submerged by the proposed raising of the Almatti dam.
The total land affected in those villages is about 5,600 acres.
The Almatti dam is built across the Krishna river in Vijayapura district.
સ્રોત: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
મુખ્ય તથ્યો
Remember these
- Almatti dam is built across the Krishna river in Vijayapura district, Karnataka.
- Proposed raising would submerge about 5,600 acres across 15 villages of Babaleshwar constituency.
- Minister M.B. Patil sought compensation for at least 1,000 acres in the first phase.
- Tungabhadra, Bhima and Malaprabha are Krishna tributaries in Karnataka.
- Compensation for submerged land is the core rehabilitation issue in dam height increases.
પ્રિલિમ્સ · મેઇન્સ
How the exam will ask it
પ્રિલિમ્સ
- The Almatti dam is built across the Krishna river in Vijayapura district of Karnataka.
- The Tungabhadra, Bhima and Malaprabha are tributaries of the Krishna flowing through Karnataka.
- Raising a dam's full reservoir level increases the area of land submerged upstream.
મેઇન્સ
GS Paper 1 (Indian geography: irrigation projects) and GS Paper 2 (federalism, inter-state water issues). Raising a dam expands irrigation and storage but submerges farmland, so land acquisition, phased compensation and rehabilitation become the central policy question. The way forward is fair, timely compensation with transparent phasing, consistent with the Krishna basin's water-sharing framework.
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
The Almatti dam, whose height increase has raised questions of compensation for submerged villages, is built across which river?
- Krishna
- Tungabhadra
- Bhima
- Malaprabha
જવાબ જુઓ
જવાબ: A — Correct: Krishna — The Almatti dam in Vijayapura district is built across the Krishna river. • Tungabhadra — wrong: The Tungabhadra has its own dam near Hosapete and is a Krishna tributary, but Almatti is not on it. • Bhima — wrong: The Bhima is a Krishna tributary that flows through north Karnataka, but Almatti is not built on it. • Malaprabha — wrong: The Malaprabha has the Navilutheertha dam near Saundatti and is a Krishna tributary, but not the Almatti river.
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