R. Vidyasagar Rao Dindi Lift Irrigation Scheme is a
lift irrigation
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Lift irrigation is a method of irrigation in which water is not transported by natural flow, (as in gravity-fed canal) but is lifted with pumps or sur ...
project in
Nalgonda
Nalgonda is a city and municipality in the Indian state of Telangana. It is the headquarters of the Nalgonda district, as well as the headquarters of the Nalgonda mandal in the Nalgonda revenue division. It is located about from the state c ...
, Telangana,
India
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. It serves Nalgonda, Mahbubnagar and Khammam areas. It was named after
R. Vidyasagar Rao, a foremost irrigation expert in Telangana.
Dindi reservoir
Dindi Reservoir is a medium water
reservoir
A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to water storage, store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation.
Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ...
across Dindi tributary of
River Krishna
The Krishna River in the Deccan plateau is the third-longest in India, after the Ganga and Godavari. It is also the fourth-largest in terms of water inflows and river basin area in India, after the Ganga, Indus and Godavari. The river, also ca ...
located near Dindi, Mahabubnagar town in
Telangana
Telangana is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated in the Southern India, south-central part of the Indian subcontinent on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ele ...
. It is part of
Srisailam Left Bank Canal.
This medium reservoir has 59 million cubic meters gross storage capacity.
It is close to Amrabad Tiger Reserve, around 95 kilometers from
Hyderabad
Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much ...
.
See also
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Mahatma Gandhi Kalwakurthy lift irrigation scheme
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Srisailam Dam
The Srisailam Dam is constructed across the Krishna River in Nandyal district, Andhra Pradesh and Nagarkurnool district, Telangana near Srisailam temple town and is the 2nd largest capacity working hydroelectric station in India.
The d ...
References
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Dams on the Krishna River
Krishna River
Reservoirs in Telangana
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