Bāguru Navile Tunnel is the longest water

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. It was constructed between 1979 and 1990 and is located between the Bagur and Navile villages of

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taluk of

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Length

The tunnel is 9.7 kilometers long and 75 to 200 feet deep under the ground. Water is supplied from Hemavathy basin to

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basin using this tunnel. The estimated cost of this tunnel is 50 Crore.

References

*http://tumkur.nic.in/Pdfs/Over%20veiw%20of%20Hemavathy%20canal%20zone%20Tumkur.pdf *http://channarayapatna.kar.nic.in/htmls/irrigation/BagurNavile.pdf Water tunnels in India Tunnels completed in 1990 1990 establishments in Karnataka Buildings and structures in Hassan district {{Karnataka-stub