{"id":20377,"date":"2024-02-11T10:34:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T05:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=20377"},"modified":"2025-04-06T00:55:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T19:25:40","slug":"kalasa-banduri-project-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kalasa-banduri-project-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalasa-Banduri Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Kalasa-Banduri Project<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The project involves the construction of dams and a canal system\u00a0to divert water from the\u00a0Mahadayi River,\u00a0located in Goa,\u00a0to the Malaprabha River\u00a0(a\u00a0tributary of the Krishna River) basin in Karnataka.<\/li>\n<li>The main goal of the project is\u00a0to meet the drinking water needs of\u00a0the districts of Belagavi, Dharwad, Bagalkot, and Gadag\u00a0in Karnataka.<\/li>\n<li>Though the project was first proposed in the early 1980s, it has\u00a0remained on paper\u00a0owing to a dispute between Karnataka, Goa, and Maharashtra.<\/li>\n<li>As per plans,\u00a0barrages are to be built against Kalasa and Banduri streams \u2014\u00a0tributaries of Mahadayi \u2014 and water diverted towards Karnataka\u2019s parched districts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Key facts about Mahadayi River<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Origin: It rises in the\u00a0Western Ghats from the\u00a0Bhimgad Wildlife Sanctuary in Khanapur taluk\u00a0of Karnataka\u2019s Belagavi district.<\/li>\n<li>The river travels 35 km\u00a0in Karnataka, 82 km\u00a0in Goa before\u00a0joining the Arabian Sea at Panji (North-Goa).<\/li>\n<li>Also called Mandovi in Goa, Mahadayi is a\u00a0rain-fed river that is shared between Karnataka and Goa for their water needs.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary is located\u00a0on the island of Chorao in the Mandovi River.<\/li>\n<li>Major Tributaries:\u00a0Kalasa Nala, Banduri Nala, Surla Nala, Haltar Nala, Poti Nala, Mahadayi Nala, Pansheer Nala, Bail Nala and Andher Nala.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL)?<\/h3>\n<p>NBWL is a statutory body as it has been constituted under Section 5 A the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. It is the apex body to review all wildlife-related matters and approve projects in and around national parks and sanctuaries i.e. Protected Areas. It is a 47-member board (including the chairman) which usually meets once a year. It is chaired by the Prime minister.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/cities\/bengaluru-news\/national-wildlife-board-defers-decision-on-karnatakas-kalasa-bhanduri-project-101707531958812.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>National Wildlife Board defers decision on Karnataka&#8217;s Kalasa-Bhanduri project<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kalasa-Banduri Project involves the construction of dams and a canal system to divert water from the Mahadayi River, located in Goa, to the Malaprabha River basin in Karnataka.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":20378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-20377","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}