Upper Krishna Project

[4] Hipparagi barrage with 4.9 tmcft live storage capacity supplies irrigation water to nearly 60,000 acres by Ainapur and Halyal lift canals.

[5] The Karnataka government on 3 December 2011 unveiled a five-year action plan to fully use its share of water in the Krishna River basin.

[6] Stage III consists of increasing the full reservoir water level of Alamatti Dam to 524 metres (1,719 ft) and this would require the relocation of 30 villages.

[6] UKP stage III would involve lift irrigation schemes at Mulwad, Chimmalagi, and Indi and extension of the Narayanapura Right Bank Canal and Bhima diversion plan.

Stage III would also involve the extension of lift irrigation schemes at Rampur, Mallabad, Koppal and Herakal.

It is expected to increase the production of food grains and cash crops in the command area of the UKP, adding ₹6,000 crore (US$690 million) 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.

[8][9][10] A first information report (FIR) was filed by police on 26 Oct 2011 in connection with alleged financial irregularities in awarding the contracts to the tune of ₹400 crore (US$46 million) in the project during 1995–1998.

Huge i.e. more than 60sq.km land was submerged in Almatti Dam water, citizens lost their homes, homeland and farmland and society because of this project.