Sriram Sagar Project
Sriram Sagar Project | |
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Location | Nizamabad, Telangana, India |
Coordinates | 18°58′03″N 78°20′35″E / 18.96750°N 78.34306°E |
Construction began | 1963 |
Opening date | 1977 |
Dam and spillways | |
Impounds | Godavari River |
Height | 43 metres (141 ft) from river level |
Length | 15,600 metres (51,181 ft) |
Reservoir | |
Total capacity | 3,172,000,000 m3 (2,571,582 acre⋅ft) (112.02 tmcft) |
Active capacity | 2,322,000,000 m3 (1,882,476 acre⋅ft) (81.95 tmcft)[1] |
Surface area | 451 km2 (174 sq mi) |
The Sriram Sagar Project is also known as the Pochampadu Project is an Indian flood-flow project on the
Sriramsagar is an irrigation project across river
History
Irrigation in drought prone Telangana State has existed for a few hundred years in small areas served by locally constructed village tanks. from 1942 to 1951, the erst while Government of Hyderabad submitted a scheme to Government of India, Planning Commission with a dam Proposal at Pochampadu village on river Godavari and Dams on its tributaries namely the Kaddam and Manair Rivers. The Pochampadu site was located 54.50 km below the entry point of Godavari River into AP Territory ( now Telangana). The Project was further revised in the year 1958. The foundation was laid on 26 July 1963 by the late
The project
This project is also locally known as Khustapuram dam. The Khustapuram project proposal was first mooted/investigated by erstwhile
Interstate dispute
In the catchment area[5] of this dam, Maharashtra has constructed many medium and minor irrigation projects[6][7] in excess of its water use entitlements under Godavari Water Disputes Tribunal ( GWDT ).[8] In last nine years, the dependable water availability has reduced to 33% (i.e. adequate water is available once in three years) against the designed dependability of 75% under GWDT. This major irrigation project[9] has become many years unproductive / idle in the last decade. Due to complete utilization of river water in the upstream river basin area, the water quality in the reservoir has high alkalinity and salinity which is unsafe for human and cattle consumption. Also the ground water in the lower reaches of Pochampadu dam catchment area would gradually turn unsuitable for irrigation and human consumption.
Supreme court verdict (section 83 ii b) on
See also
- Godavari River Basin Irrigation Projects
- Pranahita Chevella lift irrigation scheme
- Interstate River Water Disputes Act
- Babli Project
- Alisagar lift irrigation scheme
- Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal
- Nizamsagar
- Icchampally Project
References
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- ^ "Telangana: Mallanna Sagar a jewel in Kaleshwaram's crown".
- ^ Maharashtra projects hit Sriram Sagar project inflows: BJP. The Hindu, 16 May 2005
- ^ "Sriram Sagar(Srsp)/ Pochampad Dam D00921". Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ "Godavari river basin map" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- ^ "Barrages built on Marathwada rivers hold 11.3 TMC water". The Times of India. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ "Dams & barrages location map in India". Retrieved 14 December 2012.
- ^ "Highest no. of small & medium projects, but lowest water stock in Marathwada region". The Times of India. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ "Godavari river water sharing accord". Scribd.com. 6 October 1975. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- ^ "Supreme Court verdict on Babhali project dispute". February 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- ^ Kumar, U Anand (18 October 2013). "Centre sets up panel on Babli". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 22 July 2018.