Navanagar is the new planned city created because of submergence of parts of old Bagalkot city,

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, India. The blueprint for the township was prepared by

Charles Correa Charles Mark Correa (1 September 1930 – 16 June 2015) was an Indian architect and urban planner. Credited with the creation of modern architecture in post-Independent India, he was celebrated for his sensitivity to the needs of the urban p ...

. The town was originally designed with 63 sectors spread across of land, six kilometres away from the old city. Of the 63 sectors, 56 were exclusively meant to rehabilitate those affected by the

Almatti Dam The Lal Bahadur Shastri Dam is also known as Almatti Dam is a hydroelectric project on the Krishna River in North Karnataka, India which was completed in July 2005. The target annual electric output of the dam is 560 MU (or GWh). The Almatti ...

. The Government of Karnataka had acquired of land for the project.

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Cities and towns in Bagalkot district {{Bagalkot-geo-stub