River(Impounds): Ghataprabha
Location: Belgaum district in Karnataka, India.
Opening: 1977
Height: 62.4 M
Length: 10183 M
HISTORY:
Hidkal dam is located in the Hukeri town of Belgaum district of Karnataka state. This dam is constructed in the Krishna basin across the Ghataprabha River. It is an earthen, gravity type dam constructed with the main purpose of providing irrigation to the nearby agricultural land and water to the hydroelectric project. The dam has a length of 10183 meters and height of 62.48 meters. The construction of Hidkal dam was completed in 1977.
The approximate expenditure of the Hidkal dam project was Rs. 9.47 crores. This dam caters for the irrigation of approximately 13400 hectors of agriculture lands in the Hukkeri taluk of Belgaum. This dam is also popularly known as Raja Lakhamgowda Dam.