Water is released in to the Narayanpur reservoir after using for power generation to serve the downstream irrigation needs.

[citation needed] The entire dam was finished in less than forty months, with construction ending in July 2005.

[5] The full reservoir level of Almatti dam was originally restricted to 160 feet MSL by the supreme court of India.

The Krishna River conflict between Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Maharashtra was resolved by the Brijesh Kumar Tribunal and the dam was authorized to be raised to the height of 524 feet MSL with nearly 200 TMC gross storage capacity.

HD Devegowda contribution need to be taken into consideration as he refers to this work during his tenure as PM of indis and CM of Karnataka.