The Sri Komaram Bheem Project (Telugu: ) is a Medium Reservoir has been built across Peddavagu River, a tributary of the

Pranahita River The Pranahita River is the largest tributary of Godavari River covering about 34% of its drainage basin conveying the combined waters of the Penganga River, the Wardha River, and the Wainganga River. By virtue of its extensive network of trib ...

. It is located at Ada village, Asifabad Mandal, Komaram Bheem district,

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 ...

. The project named after

Komaram Bheem Komaram Bheem (1901–1940), alternatively Kumram Bheem, was a revolutionary leader in Hyderabad State of British India from the Gond tribes. Bheem, in association with other Gond leaders, led a protracted low intensity rebellion against the ...

(Telugu:కొమరం భీం 22 October 1901 – 19 October 1940), was a tribal leader who fought against the

Asaf Jahi Dynasty The Asaf Jahi is a Muslim dynasty that ruled the Hyderabad State. The family came to India in the late 17th century and became employees of the Mughal Empire. They were great patrons of Indo-Persian culture, language, and literature, and the ...

for the liberation of

Hyderabad State Hyderabad State () was a princely state in the Deccan region of south-central India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into the present-day state of Telangana, the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka, and the ...

. Komaram Bheem openly fought against the ruling Nizam government in a guerrilla campaign. He defied courts, laws, and any other form of

Nizam Nizam of Hyderabad was the title of the ruler of Hyderabad State ( part of the Indian state of Telangana, and the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka). ''Nizam'' is a shortened form of (; ), and was the title bestowed upon Asaf Jah I ...

authority, living off the sustenance of the forest. He took up arms against Nizam Nawab's soldiers, and fought Babi Jhari until his last breath. This Project proposed to supply water to Komaram Bheem, Wankidi,

Kagaznagar Kagaznagar may refer to: *Kagaznagar, Assam Kagaznagar or Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited Township, Jagiroad was an industrial township for Nagaon Paper Mill in Jagiroad, Morigaon district, Assam. Politics Jagiroad is a part of the Jagir ...

, and Sirpur mandals more than 45,000 in acres. But currently, the project is providing irrigation water to about 20,000 acres under its left canal 35 km. Right canal will provide irrigation water to about another 25000 acres. Sri Komaram Bheem Project

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Komaram Bheem district Reservoirs in Telangana Irrigation in Telangana

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