Saraswati Barrage Explained

Location Map Caption:Annaram Barrage at Mahadevpur Mandal
Coordinates:18.7644°N 79.8235°W
Location:Annaram (village), Mahadevpur Telangana
Purpose:Multi-purpose
Status:O
Construction Began:2 May 2016
Opening:21 June 2019
Owner:Government of Telangana
Dam Type:B
Dam Crosses:Godavari River
Dam Length:1,270 m
Spillway Count:66
Res Name:Saraswati Barrage
Res Capacity Total:11.9 tmcft336,970 megalitres
Plant Operator:Telangana State Power Generation Corporation Limited
Plant Commission:Planned
Plant Type:Barrage
Location Map:India Telangana#India
Saraswati Barrage
Builder:Afcons Infrastructure Limited (Subsidiary of Shapoorji Pallonji Group)
Operator:Irrigation & CAD Department, Government of Telangana

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]

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:

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 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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Telangana CM KCR renames barrages, pump houses of Kaleswaram project. ANI News. en. 2020-03-06.
  2. News: Telangana CM lays foundation for Kaleshwaram irrigation project. The Hindu BusinessLine. 4 September 2017 .
  3. News: Kaleshwaram project: KCR lays foundation stone. The Hans India. 4 September 2017 .