Harangi Dam gates repair work in progress, maintenance twice a year

Kudige, May 22: The district's main dam, Harangi Dam, has been completely filled earlier than usual this year and the additional water has been released into the river in stages. The main gates of Harangi Dam are safe, and maintenance of the gates is being carried out twice a year under modern technology, and the repair work of this year has begun. The gates of the dam have the capacity to release 1 lakh 20 thousand cusecs of water into the river through the main gates of Harangi Dam, said Harangi Irrigation Department Executive Engineer I.K. Puttaswamy.

The main 4 gates of Harangi Dam are safe, and its maintenance and the work of raising and lowering the gates is being carried out twice a year using the required wire rope. Proper repair and maintenance related to it is being carried out systematically.

The Harangi Dam has already completed 43 years. Construction started in 1969 and was completely completed in 1982. The construction was started during the time of former Chief Minister Virendra Patil and was completed during the time of late former Chief Minister Gundu Rao.

The dam has 4 main gates, 1 canal gate and three gates in the river water level below the dam. Wire ropes have been installed for all the gates.

The Harangi Dam has a capacity to release 25 thousand cusecs of water into the river from one gate, and the dam gates have the capacity to release 1 lakh 20 thousand cusecs of water into the river at a time through the 4 gates of the dam, said Engineer in-charge of the dam, Soumya.

Although the dam has been built for 43 years, so far, in 2018-19, for the first time in history, 80 thousand cusecs of water was released into the river in August 2018.

In the interest of safety of Harangi dam, along with maintenance twice a year, as a precautionary measure, wire rope (iron coil rope) has been additionally kept in the department's godown as per the department's rules.

Wire rope type main gates have been installed in three dams of Karnataka state, namely Harangi, Hemavati, Kabini dams. Through which the lifting and lowering of the gate doors is done every year.

Harangi dam has a water storage capacity of 8.5 TMC. Out of which the usable water capacity is 7.75 TMC. The water of the main canal attached to the dam is being provided for cultivation to 1 lakh 34 thousand 895 acres of land in Hassan and Mysore districts including Kodagu district.

In the year 2025, 48.413 TMC of water was received by the dam, out of which 39.76 TMC of water was released into the river, and 10.234 TMC of water was released into the canal.

Now, the modern technology concreting work of the main canal of the Harangi dam has started, through which the farmers of the last part will be provided with adequate water for cultivation in a phased manner.

The department has not appointed technology employees to measure the inflow and outflow of water of the dam for the last 20 years. The existing employees were taken through a tender process. The locals have demanded that the government appoint the relevant personnel.

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