Saraswati Barrage

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Saraswati Barrage
Saraswati Barrage is located in Telangana
Saraswati Barrage
Annaram Barrage at Mahadevpur Mandal
Saraswati Barrage is located in India
Saraswati Barrage
Saraswati Barrage (India)
LocationAnnaram (village), Mahadevpur Telangana
Coordinates18°45′51.9″N 79°49′24.7″E / 18.764417°N 79.823528°E / 18.764417; 79.823528
PurposeMulti-purpose
StatusOperational
Construction began2 May 2016
Opening date21 June 2019
Built byAfcons Infrastructure Limited (Subsidiary of Shapoorji Pallonji Group)
Owner(s)Government of Telangana
Operator(s)Irrigation & CAD Department, Government of Telangana
Dam and spillways
Type of damBarrage
ImpoundsGodavari River
Length1,270 m
Spillways66
Reservoir
CreatesSaraswati Barrage
Total capacity11.9 tmcft 336,970 megalitres
Power Station
Operator(s)Telangana State Power Generation Corporation Limited
Commission datePlanned
TypeBarrage

The Saraswati Barrage, also known as the Annaram Barrage[1] is an irrigation project on Godavari River located at Annaram Village, Mahadevpur Mandal, Jayashankar Bhupalpally district in Telangana State, India.[2][failed verification]

This is the second point and one of the barrages proposed in Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project which envisages construction of three barrages between Yellampalli and Medigadda.

Proposed Annaram Barrage details:

Barrage Bed level (m) Pond Level (m) Gross Storage (TMC) Number of Gates
Annaram Barrage 107.0 120.0 11.9 66

Project info

Annaram Barrage foundation was laid by First Chief Minister of Telangana, K.Chandrashekar Rao on 2 May 2016.[citation needed]

The project started by Telangana government as part of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Schema to irrigate the 18.5 lakh acres of new land and stabilize 11.8 lakh (1,118,000) acres (480,000 ha) of existing irrigated land.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Telangana CM KCR renames barrages, pump houses of Kaleswaram project". ANI News. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Telangana CM lays foundation for Kaleshwaram irrigation project". The Hindu BusinessLine. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Kaleshwaram project: KCR lays foundation stone". The Hans India. Retrieved 4 September 2017.


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