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Member of Parliament E. Tukaram announced that a vehicle charging station and drinking water facilities will be set up soon near Hampi under the Corporate Social Responsibility fund. On Wednesday, Tukaram inspected the ongoing conservation and development work of monuments by the Archaeological Survey of India. He announced that a vehicle charging station and drinking water facilities will be set up soon under the Corporate Social Responsibility fund.

The Tungabhadra reservoir, which has a storage capacity of 105.788 TMC, had only 9.55 TMC of water as of Friday, compared to 52.93 TMC at the same time last year. The reservoir's 33 crest gates were replaced for the first time in its 73-year history and inaugurated on Thursday. However, the onset of monsoon has brought inadequate rainfall, with the southern and malnad regions of the state experiencing a deficit.

Hospet and surrounding parts of Vijayanagara district are witnessing growing concern among farmers as the southwest monsoon remains weak and inconsistent this season. After a few scattered pre-monsoon showers, many areas are still waiting for sustained rainfall needed for sowing and crop establishment. Similar concerns have been reported across neighboring districts of Koppal, where agricultural activities have slowed due to rainfall deficiency.

At the inauguration of the new 33 spillway gates of the Tungabhadra Dam in Munirabad, Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti, C R Patil, stated that if the silt is removed from the reservoirs, the capacity will increase by 30% and the income of farmers will double. The event was organized in collaboration with the Water Resources Department and the Tungabhadra Board at the government high school grounds in Munirabad.