25 July, 2016

SRI RAMSAGAR PROJECT (POCHAMPADU PROJECT)

The Sri Ramsagar project is also known as Pochampadu reservoir on river Godavari,whihc is located in Nizambad district.It has been described as a Lifeline for a large part of Telangana.

The foundation was laid on 26th July 1963 by the late Jawaharlal Nehru,The first Prime Minister of India
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The irrigation project serve needs in karimnagar,adilabad,warangal,khamma,Nalgonda districts.it also provides drinking water to warangal city.

The project is completed in 1977.The length of the dam is 15600 m and having 42 Gates.it also has powerhouse which generates 36MW of power.It also includes kakatiya canal,Laxmi canal,Saraswati canal,and flood flowcanal.
This project is also nown as kshutapuram dam.In this catchment area Maharashtra has constructed many projects in excess of its water use entitlements under Godavari Water Disputes Tribunal(GWDT).Because of this in last 9 years the dependent of water availability has come down to 33% from 75% under GWDT.this major project become unproductive for last many years.because of this the water level has gone down to below dead storage and the purity of water also effected.

Supreme court verdict on Babli project disputes stipulated that gates of babli barrage remain lifted during the mansoon season i.e from July 1 to october 28 and there should be no obstruction to the natural flow of the godavari river.This verdict has come up on 1975.


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