Ambikanagar is a small project township approximately 16 km from bustling Dandeli city [1] in the Haliyal taluk of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka. Ambikanagar is soaked in the green pristine environs of the Western Ghats. The former name of Ambikanagar is believed to be Amga. Nagajhari hydel power station is approx 8 km from the settlement. It is the 2nd of the hydel power stations built across the river Kali. It has total of six generating units with a total installed capacity of 900 MW.