Godavari River Basin Irrigation Projects Explained

The Godavari River has its catchment area^[1] in seven states of India: Maharashtra, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Odisha. The number of dams constructed in Godavari basin is the highest among all the river basins in India.^[2] Nearly 350 major and medium dams and barrages had been constructed in the river basin by the year 2012.^{[3] [4] [5]}

• Jalaput
• Chintalapudi lift^[6]
• Uttarrandhra Sujala Sravanthi lift^[7]
• Balimela Reservoir
• Upper Kolab^[8]
• Dummugudem Lift Irrigation Schemes
• Nizam Sagar
• Sriram Sagar or Pochampadu
• Kakatiya Canal
• SRSP Flood Flow Canal
• Manjara Dam
• Manjira Reservoir
• Singur Dam
• Shanigaram Reservoir
• Lower Manair Dam
• Mid Manair Dam
• Upper Manair Dam
• Yellampally
• Taliperu Project
• Babli barrage or Babhali
• Devadula lift irrigation project
• Polavaram Project
• Inchampalli Project
• Sadarmat^[9]

• Alisagar lift irrigation scheme
• Kaddam
• Sri Komaram Bheem Project
• Lower Tirna
• Siddeshwar or Purna
• Yeldari Dam
• Godavari Canal
• Mula Dam
• Bhandardara Dam
• Isapur Dam or Upper Penganga
• Upper Dudhana Dam
• Jayakwadi or Paithan
• Upper Pravara
• Upper Indravati dam^[10]
• Upper Wain Ganga (Bheemgarh Dam)^[11]
• Upper Wardha Dam
• Lower Wardha Dam
• Majalgaon Dam
• Ghatghar Dam
• Upper Vaitarana Dam
• Vishnupuri Barrage^{[12] [13]}
• Sirpur Dam or Bagh reservoir
• Gosi kd Dam or Gosi Kund dam
• Totladoh Dam
• Yeldari Dam
• Kamthikhairy Dam or Pench dam
• Erai Dam
• Tultuli Dam
• Arunawati Dam
• Lower Wunna Dam or Wadgaon
• Manar Dam
• Lower Pus Dam
• Ramtek Dam
• Pench diversion Project, Madhya Pradesh^[14]

See also

• River Basins in Madhya Pradesh
• Godavari Water Disputes Tribunal
• List of dams and reservoirs in Maharashtra
• List of dams and reservoirs in Andhra Pradesh
• List of dams and reservoirs in Telangana
• List of dams and reservoirs in India

External links

• For Irrigation Projects in Maharashtra, refer to http://www.mahagovid.org/maha_dams.htm
• The Majalgaon dynamic regulation pilot project
• https://web.archive.org/web/20050404205051/http://ceamt.vidcngp.com/pro/index.htm
• https://web.archive.org/web/20050406062502/http://www.godavarimahamandal.com/
• For Irrigation Projects in Madhya Pradesh, refer to: http://www.mp.nic.in/wrd/Comp_Works/SRLD/SRLD_index.asp
• Godavari River Delta
• Godavari river water sharing accord
• Interstate river water disputes act - 1956 and its legal provisions

Notes and References

1. Web site: Godavari river basin map . 30 January 2012 . 12 October 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131012032632/http://www.kgbo-cwc.ap.nic.in/About%20Basins/Godavari.pdf . dead .
2. Web site: National register of dams in India. 19 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160920223122/http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/new%20nrld.pdf. 20 September 2016. dead.
3. Web site: Dams & barrages location map in India. 14 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060209/http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpapp.html?show=JI00410. 21 September 2013. dead.
4. Web site: Head works (Dam, Barrage, Weir, Anicut, Lift). 30 March 2016. 28 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150528221639/http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Headworks_(Dam,_Barrage,Weir,_Anicut,_Lift). dead.
5. Web site: Major Medium Irrigation Projects in Godavari Basin . Water Resources Information System of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20160719172453/http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Major_Medium_Irrigation_Projects_in_Godavari_Basin . 19 July 2016 . live.
6. Web site: Refer PPT file '11. CHLIS P (NSP)' for Chintalapudi lift . 3 June 2017.
7. Web site: Uttarrandhra Sujala Sravanthi lift irrigation project . 7 June 2017.
8. Web site: Upper Kolab Dam D01660 . 7 June 2017.
9. News: Sadarmat anicut in Adilabad stands the test of time . . 9 September 2014 . 2 April 2016.
10. Web site: Indravati Power Station. Orissa Hydro power Corporation Ltd. . https://web.archive.org/web/20061117071948/http://www.ohpcltd.com/indravati/index.htm . 17 November 2006 . dead.
11. News: अब कैसे मिलेगा पीने का पानी . How now to get drinking water? . hi . 13 April 2016 . Patrika Seoni News . https://web.archive.org/web/20160721172330/http://www.patrika.com/news/seoni/now-how-to-get-drinking-water-1268209/ . 21 July 2016 . live.
12. Web site: Vishnupuri Barrage B00473 . Water Resources Information System of India . 3 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160721174902/http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Vishnupuri_Barrage_B00473 . 21 July 2016 . dead . 21 July 2016 .
13. Vishnupuri Barrage location . https://web.archive.org/web/20160721175806/http://bhuvan-staging.nrsc.gov.in/bhuvan2d/bhuvan2d/embed_custom.html?x1=77.28075023530548&y1=19.12723894028355&level=10&val=s . 21 July 2016 . dead . 21 July 2016 .
14. Web site: Pench Diversion Project JI00945 . 2 April 2016.