The Saraswati Barrage, also known as the Annaram Barrage is an irrigation project on
Godavari River
The Godavari (, Help:IPA/Sanskrit, ¡od̪aËʋəɾiË is India's second longest river after the Ganges River, Ganga River and drains the third largest Drainage basin, basin in India, covering about 10% of India's total geographical area. It ...
located at Annaram Village,
Mahadevpur Mandal,
Jayashankar Bhupalpally district
Jayashankar Bhupalpally district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. The district headquarters are located at Bhupalpally. It was a part of the erstwhile Warangal district and Karimnagar district prior to the re-organisation of distr ...
in
Telangana State
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 ...
,
India
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.
This is the second point and one of the barrages proposed in
Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project
The Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP) is a multi-purpose irrigation project on the Godavari River in Kaleshwaram, Bhupalpally, Telangana, India. Currently the world's largest multi-stage lift irrigation project, its farthest upstrea ...
which envisages construction of three barrages between
Yellampalli and
Medigadda.
Proposed Annaram Barrage details:
Project info
Annaram Barrage foundation was laid by First Chief Minister of Telangana, K.Chandrashekar Rao on 2 May 2016.
The project started by
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 ...
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.
See also
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Medigadda Barrage
The Lakshmi Barrage, also known as the Medigadda Barrage is the starting point of the proposed Kaleshwaram Project which envisages construction of three barrages between Yellampally & Medigadda. Its objective is to utilize Godavari water for dri ...
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Sundilla Barrage
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Sriram Sagar Project
The Sriram Sagar Project is also known as the Pochampadu Project is an Indian flood-flow project on the Godavari. The Project is located in Nizamabad district, 3 km away from National Highway 44. It has been described by The Hindu as a "lif ...
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Lower Manair Dam
Lower Manair Dam also known as LMD was constructed across the Manair River, at Alugunur village, Thimmapur, Karimnagar district, Thimmapur mandal, Karimnagar District, in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Telangana durin ...
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Mid Manair Dam
Mid Manair Dam is a major irrigation project across the Manair River, at Manwada Village, Boinpalli Mandal, Rajanna district, Rajanna Sircilla district, Telangana. It has a capacity of 25.87 tmcft with 25 radial gates. It has a capacity to irrig ...
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Kaddam Project
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Upper Manair Dam
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SRSP Flood Flow Canal
SRSP Flood Flow Canal ( Telugu:) also known as Sriram Sagar Flood Flow Canal (SRSP FFC), is a 130 km long gravity canal from Sriram Sagar Project, Village & Mandal Mupkal, Nizamabad District to Mid Manair Dam, Manwada Village, Karimnagar Dis ...
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Nizam Sagar
Nizam Sagar Dam is an Indian dam named after the Nizam of Hyderabad. It is a reservoir constructed across the Manjira River, a tributary of the Godavari River, between Achampet and BanjePally villages of the Kamareddy district in Telangana ...
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Pranahita Chevella
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Alisagar lift irrigation scheme
Alisagar is a park, tourist attraction and an irrigation project which is 13 km (6.2 mi) from Nizamabad, Telangana, Nizamabad and 2 km (1.2 mi) off the Nizamabad-Bodhan road. The park was opened by the Nizam of Hyderabad in 1 ...
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Sri Komaram Bheem Project
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Devadula lift irrigation scheme
The J. Chokka Rao Devadula lift irrigation scheme is a lift irrigation scheme in India. It is the second biggest of its kind in Asia. Devadula is the place in Mulugu_district, Telangana, where the scheme's intake well is located. The foundation ...
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Icchampally Project
References
Dams on the Godavari River
Dams in Telangana
Irrigation in Telangana
Adilabad district
Karimnagar district
Godavari basin
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