Upper Bhadra Project Karnataka
Upper Bhadra Project is a major lift irrigation scheme under implementation in the central region of Karnataka State. It envisages lifting of water in first stage from Tunga to Bhadra and lifting of water in second stage from Bhadra reservoir and providing it to Tunnel near Ajjampura through gravity canal in Tungabhadra sub-basin of Krishna basin from there to irrigate an extent of 2,25,515 hectares by micro irrigation in drought-prone districts of Chikmagalur, Chitradurga, Tumkur and Davanagere and to fill up 367 tanks coming under the drought prone taluks of the three district through Chitradurga branch Canal and Tumkur branch canal. The primary objective of the projects is providing susbtainable irrigation facility in Khariff season and the other objective of the project is to recharge the ground water table, dilute the chemical contaminants of which Fluoride is predominant.