Overview
The Tungabhadra Western Ghats के पास Shivamogga, Karnataka में उत्पन्न होती है, और लगभग 531 किमी की दूरी तय कर Andhra Pradesh में Sangamaleshwaram पर Krishna से मिलती है। नदी का प्रवाह मुख्यतः south‑west monsoon पर निर्भर करता है।
Key Developments
- Construction of the Tungabhadra Dam as an इंटर‑स्टेट परियोजना among Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana; 1955 में क्रीस्ट गेट स्थापित किए गए।
- Formation of the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal on 10 April 1969 to adjudicate water‑sharing disputes.
- 1976 water‑sharing award fixing a 65:35 allocation (including losses) between Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, and authorising releases to the river and the Vijayanagar canals.
Important Facts
- River length in Karnataka: 382 km; boundary stretch: 58 km; length in Andhra Pradesh: 91 km.
- Original dam capacity: 134 tmcft; tribunal‑allocated utilisation: 230 tmcft, of which 18 tmcft is earmarked for evaporation losses.
- Irrigation command area: > 16.38 lakh acres (Karnataka 9.26 lakh, Andhra 6.25 lakh, Telangana 0.87 lakh).
- Major canals: Left Bank Canal, Right Bank Canal and their distributaries serve millions of farmers; several towns depend on the reservoir for drinking wat