Vijayapura: The Krishna river basin witnessed flooding in recent years.
According to experts, such floods have never been witnessed in 1,200 years.
Many historians, activists and the public show that the silt has been stored at a height of more than 20 feet in various places in the basin.
SILT was said to have caused flooding in many villages, including historical places such as Aihole, Pattadkal and Sangam’s Pilgrimage Center.
The mud from Benne Halla, which was brought by the Malaprabha River in Kawala Sangam, caused a large amount of mud to be stored on the Krishna River.
Activists and the community have demanded the establishment of an expert committee consisting of former government officials, to overcome the mud on the war footing, to protect lakh people from repeated floods.
Krishna Kolhar Kulkarni, a veteran historian, noted that the monument in Aihole and Pattadkal was built in the 6-7th century, but never flood throughout history.
“The backwaters of the Narayanpur Dam, were built for the Krishna River, pushing water from the Malaprabha and Ghataprabha rivers, which caused flooding.
Chalukya kings and Rashtrakuta Dynasty were sensitive about the river, and have chosen safe places to build their capital of Badami, market and the temple in Aihole and Pattadakal.
They have never faced man-made disasters such as floods.
If we remember our childhood, one can say that 30% of the river is occupied by Lanau.
Many studies have proven that the average age age is 100 years old, And the capacity is reduced after 50 years.
The sad part is that the construction of the Almatti Dam has not been completed, even after six decades.
Almatti Dam was first built to the level of 9m, and was planned to store water at this level forever.
Today, only 1-2m from The base is available for water storage, and the remaining portion is occupied by leanau.
All 9m can be D Ipenuhi with mud in a few years, if this inflow level continues.
The government consecutive ignores the deskan waterbodies, “he said.
GC Muttaladinni, President, Krishna Teera Mulugade Kshemabhivruddhhi Samsthe, emphasized the needs of the Committee to study the role of mud in causing flooding in the Krishna river basin in Maharashtra and Karnataka.” On many occasions, real data Time about the release of water from Rajapur Rajapur to the barrage of Kalloli and then to a series of hipparagi is not available with the authorities.
Therefore, a committee involving experts from IIT and former government officials must be formed to submit detailed reports, “he said.
Activist Kalasa-Banduri Vijay Kulkarni said that Benne Halla himself meant” bringing butter such as land, “and it joined the Malaprabha River on The village supervises in Gadag Regency.
“It used to flow with water even after joining the Krishna River in Kawala Sangam.
But the same thing is left wherever the flow of water decreases or the lower area is found.
Government data itself shows that the river room is 30% if it is occupied by mud.
This is a very failure of the Department of Irrigation which has the responsibility of water management and dam.
When mud is below the handling limit, the department must take it using the machine intended for work.
If they do it every year, hundreds of villages can survive the threat of flooding, “said There are no plans to do desilting for any irrigation projects in the state.
But there are plans for soil conservation.
There should be several technologies to overcome lanau problems.
The government must form an expert committee in priority, to conduct research not only in the Krishna river basin, but other river basins too, where this problem exists, and only then we can find a solution to this problem.
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