{
  "id": 2419583,
  "title": "Upper Bhadra Project will be completed by year-end: Chaluvarayaswamy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/upper-bhadra-project-will-be-completed-by-year-end-chaluvarayaswamy",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T19:02:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/upper-bhadra-project-will-be-completed-by-year-end-chaluvarayaswamy/article71374705.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Hindu reports that the phase-1 of the Upper Bhadra Project will be completed by November or December 2026, with water reaching Davangere, Chitradurga, Tumakuru, and Chikkamagaluru districts. The project involves lifting 17.04 tmcft of water from the Tunga river to the Bhadra reservoir and has cost ₹324 crore. The Minister of Major and Medium Irrigation, N. Chaluvarayaswamy, stated that delays in obtaining permissions and approvals related to land acquisition, forest, and power transmission line have been rectified, and all works under progress will be completed by the end of November, with water release by the end of December.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}