Major Benefits
The major beneficiary of the project would be Gulbarga district with around 9.5 lakh acres of land coming under irrigation. A hydel power generation plant of installed capacity of 297 MW has been contemplated at Almatti, which it is estimated would generate about 672 million units annually. This work has been assigned to KPTCL, a Karnataka Government company. It is expected to increase the production of food grains and cash crops in the command area of the UKP, adding Rs. 6,000 crore (US$ 1.09 billion) to the country's economy annually and stimulating prosperity and growth in the otherwise drought-prone and economically backward districts of the north eastern part of Karnataka. The project is also intended to provide drinking water to 18 urban and several rural centers.
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