Bengaluru, 21 AUG

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said on Thursday that the work for replacing all the gates of the Tungabhadra reservoir has already begun and will be completed by June 2026.

In a post on X, Dy CM said once the new gates are installed, the reservoir will be able to store water at its full capacity.

On 20 August, he had also told the Legislative Assembly that the manufacturing of crest gates for the Tungabhadra dam was going on.

"Tungabhadra Dam Board has issued the tender for making 33 crest gates to an Ahmedabad-based company. Work on six crest gates is going on right now at Gadag and Hosapete. The fabrication work is already complete. We have instructed the engineers to speed up the process. We have asked them to delegate some of the work to others for quicker completion," he informed.

He said that Karnataka can only store 80 TMC of water this year due to safety reasons.

"Crest gate installation won't be possible if we give water for the second crop. Our farmers are worried about their crops and I spoke to dam officials about it. They asked if the dam safety was more important or the second crop," he said.