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:
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]