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Raja
Lakhamagouda
dam,
also
known
as Hidkal
dam,
is
a dam constructed
across
the Ghataprabha
River in
the Krishna
River basin.
It
is
situated
at Hidkal village
in Hukkeri Taluk
of Belagavi
district in North
Karnataka, India.
The
dam
with
the
height
of
62.48
metres
and
10
Vertical
Crest
Gates,
impounds
a
large
reservoir
with
a
gross
surface
area
of
63.38Â Square
kilometres,
and
storage
capacity
of
51.16Â Tmcft.
It
is
an
earthen
and
masonry
dam
which
caters
to
the Irrigation needs
for
over
8,20,000
acres,
and Hydel
power
generation.It
is
constructed
as
a
part
of
the
Ghataprabha
Irrigation
project
which
was
completed
in
three
phases
and
finished
in
2009.
The
dam
is
named
after Raja
Lakhamagouda
Sardesai,
philanthropist
and
Zamindar
of
Vantamuri.