Bantwal Vented Dam

Banta Constituency of Bantwal taluk in Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, India is located 25 km East of Mangalore city center. BC Road-Kaikamba of Bantwal is one of the fastest developing areas in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka. It is the fourth largest urban area in Dakshina Kannada, and it is located along the coast of river Nethravathi. Heavy rains in the region causes the river floods. The taluk is surrounded by the state of Kerala in the south, and the towns of Belthangady and Puttur in the east, the city of Mangaluru in the west and Karkala in the north. It covers an area of about 700 square km. National Highway 75 cuts through B. C. Road. The highway serves as the conduit for several arterial routes leading to neighbouring towns with Mangaluru.

Minor Irrigation and Ground Water Development Division, Mangaluru, has invited tender for construction of 17 vented dams across various streams/Rivers in Bantwal Constituency. The important rivers across where construction of vented dams proposed are in Nethravathi River, Phalguni River, Guduri River, Virakhamba Nala etc. The proposal of these dams serves the purpose of storage and connectivity between two villages. All the above 17 locations are around BC road/ Nethravathi river. The villagers have suggested the dam location and have been recommended by MI officials and vented dams are proposed at these locations.

Construction of these vented dams serves the purpose of both storage and connectivity between the two villages. Construction of these dams will servers the purpose of storage for irrigation purposes and serves the connectivity between two places.