Officials will start releasing water on Thursday from the Malaprabha Dam for two weeks to meet the drinking water needs of downstream villages and towns in Belagavi district.
Minister for Women and Child Welfare and chairperson of the Malaprabha Irrigation Consultative Committee Lakshmi Hebbalkar announced at a meeting of committee members and officials that the water release will also help farmers by supporting their crops that are drying up.
Deputy Commissioner Nitesh Patil asked officials to release water keeping in mind the fact that the storage should suffice till June 2024.
