Overview

• The cabinet approved Rs 40 lakh per acre for irrigated submergence land and Rs 30 lakh for dry land, with canal land set at Rs 30 lakh for irrigated plots and Rs 25 lakh for dry plots, paid over three financial years.
• The plan raises Almatti Dam from 519.6 metres to 524.256 metres, adds about 100 TMC of storage, and aims to irrigate more than five lakh hectares.
• The state pegged total implementation at roughly Rs 1.22 lakh crore, with project documents estimating land acquisition costs at Rs 47,757 crore.
• Land needs total about 1.33 lakh acres, including 75,563 acres of submergence and 51,837 acres for canals, of which 23,631 acres have already been acquired.
• Karnataka will create a Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Authority and seek consent awards, while Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh have raised objections and the Union water minister has indicated another notification meeting soon.