Dudhaganga Barrage
Consultancy services for the preparation of DPR for construction of three series barrage across Dudaganga river (Near Borgaon, Shiradwad and Karadaga) in Nippani Taluka, Belagavi District
Client:
M/s Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Ltd
Project Description:
Krishna River originates in the Mahadev Range of Western Ghats at EL 1338.00m above M.S.L in Maharashtra. It enters Karnataka at its 304th km and passes through the state for a length of 480 km and finally joins Bay of Bengal near Bapatla in Andhra Pradesh. The overall basin area is 2.57 lakhs sq.km and the basin area in Karnataka is 1.13 lakhs sq.km.
The Dudhganga river is one of the principal tributaries of Krishna River and joins the Krishna River on the right bank. This river originates in Maharashtra and flows towards east. Panchaganga, Warana, Dudhganga, Vedganga, Bhogavati, Hiranyakeshi and Ghataprabha are the main rivers which flow towards east through Western Ghats. Dudhganga flows for a major portion of its traverse in the Kolhapur district before entering Karnataka and joining Krishna River near Sadalga enroute. Vedganga River, which also originates in Maharastra in southern part of Kolhapur taluk, traverses east, crosses the border, enters Karnataka, and joins Dudhganga River near Banavad village. The Maharashtra government has built Dudhganga project across Dudhganga River through which about 160 villages in Karnataka gets drinking water supply through an allocation of about 4.00 TMC.
Two Bridge cum Barrages are proposed across Dudaganga River for multipurpose Near village Borgaon, Karadaga. The Existing bridge cum barrages are in old and damaged condition, also to increase the storage capacity of the existing barrage hence proposal of new bridge cum barrages has become necessary. Also, one more Bridge cum Barrage is newly proposed near shiradwad village which is just U/S side of the existing Bridge to create storage for drinking water purpose to Kasanal village.
