Since the 1970s, Karnataka intends to divert water from Mahadayi to dams, canals and barrages to solve drinking water scarcity in the districts of Bagalkot, Gadag, Dharwad and Belagavi. For Karnataka, it is a plan to make good use of Mahadayi water that otherwise reaches the Arabian Sea unutilised. Goa maintains that it will impact irrigation and drinking water distribution., In Focus News, Times Now