India, April 10 -- Activists from Goa who have been opposing the Kalasa Banduri project have reached out to farmers in north Karnataka's Khanapur region after they spoke out against the irrigation project following land acquisition notices sent out by the authorities.

Environmental activist Nitin Dhond, who travelled to Belagavi's Khanapur sub district in Karnataka for a joint meeting on Wednesday, said, "The farmers of Khanapur and surrounding villages have recognised that rather than being of benefit to them, the project is designed to take away the water that they depend on and divert it to other parts of the state, while at the same time destroying the forest of the Western Ghats that bring us the rain".

Farmers and residents of Aso...