Hidkal | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Hidkal Location in Karnataka, India  Hidkal Hidkal (India) | |
| Coordinates: 16°08′11″N74°39′17″E / 16.13639°N 74.65472°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Belgaum |
| Hukkeri | Raybag |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Hidkal is a village in Belgaum district in the southern state of Karnataka, India. [1]
Hidkal dam is built around the Dhupdal weir (a low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow), a 70 km-long-canal built by the British in 1897. The first phase of the irrigation project was intended to irrigate around 45,000 hectares of land.[ citation needed ]
The Hidkal reservoir across the Ghataprabha river in Hidkal village and 40 km of the canal length were built in the second phase.[ vague ] After the third phase, the project aims to irrigate 3.3 lakh hectares of land with a total capacity of 51.16 tmcft of water. Now,[ when? ] after a drought of three seasons, its total storage has been reduced to 6 tmcft, including dead storage of around 2 tmcft.[ citation needed ]
Every year, 2 tcmft of drinking water is released from Hidkal to Bagalkot.[ citation needed ]
Hidkal also beautiful gardens, nurseries. The Hunnur inspection Bungalow on bank of backwater and hunnur fort are attractions.
HDP High School is one of the schools located there.
