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{{Short description|Reservoir west of Bangalore, India}} | |||
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'''Thippagondanahalli Reservoir''', also known as '''T G Halli Dam''' or ''' | '''Thippagondanahalli Reservoir''', also known as '''T G Halli Dam''' or '''Chamarajasagara''', is located at the confluence of the [[Arkavathy River|Arkavathy]] and [[Kumudavathi River|Kumudavathi]] rivers, {{convert|35|km}} west of [[Bangalore]], [[India]]. It is used by the [[Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board]] as a major source of drinking water for western Bangalore.<ref name=deccan1>[http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Jun272007/city200706279672.asp "It pours, but T G Halli reservoir remains dry", ''Deccan Herald'', 27 June 2007, accessed 11 August 2007]</ref> The lake is a man-made reservoir, created by the building of a dam which was inaugurated in 1933. [[Visvesvaraya]] supervised the construction work.{{cn|date=December 2018}} | ||
==Water crisis== | ==Water crisis== |