Devu Pattar At least four decades ago, farmers had hoped that their arid fields would get a fresh lease of life thanks to this dam. An irrigation project has now been reduced to supplying drinking water to a city. We are talking about the Karanja project that provides drinking water to Bidar. At least four decades ago, farmers had hoped that their arid fields would get a fresh lease of life thanks to this dam. The project was chalked out with the objective of providing water to 40,000 hectares of land in Bidar district. The Karanja dam was constructed at least 15 years back, but not a drop of water from the project has actually reached any farmer