Bengaluru, June 15 -- With the monsoon intensifying over the Western Ghats, authorities in Yadgir released over 52,000 cusecs of water from the Basavasagar Dam, causing the Krishna River to swell sharply and raising flood concerns across low-lying areas in north Karnataka.
The river near Narayanpur is now flowing with force akin to a waterfall, prompting alerts among residents and farmers.
"As focus shifts to flood management and dam outflows in Karnataka's Bagalkot, Vijayapura, Kalaburagi, Yadgir, and Raichur districts, a parallel and largely overlooked crisis is unfolding in Gadag, where farmers along the Gadag-Betageri Road are raising alarm over the lack of critical infrastructure that renders thousands of acres of farmland inaccessi...