To provide irrigation to the drought-prone areas of Bijapur, Bagalkot, Gulbarga, Yadgir and Raichur districts in Karnataka, the Upper Krishna Project (UKP) which is an irrigation project across the Krishna River has been started. The Government of Karnataka has designed the project to irrigate 1,536,000 acres of land (6,220 km²).
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