Sriram Sagar Project
The Sriram Sagar Project (Telugu: శ్రీరాంసాగర్ ప్రాజెక్టు), also known as the Pochampadu Project is an Indian flood-flow project on the Godavari River. The Project is located in Nizamabad district, 3 km away from National Highway 7. It has been described by The Hindu as a "lifeline for a large part of Telangana".[1]
Sriramsagar is an irrigation project across river Godavari in Andhra Pradesh to serve irrigational needs in Karimnagar, Warangal, Adilabad, Nalgonda, and Khammam districts. It also provides drinking water to Warangal town. There is a hydroelectric plant working at the dam site.
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[edit] History
The foundation was laid by the late Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India.
[edit] The project
Sri Rama Sagar Reservoir's capacity is 75 billion cubic feet, and it has 42 floodgates. It also includes Kakatia Canal covering 284 km, Laxmi Canal, Sarswati Canal, and Flood flow canal. Construction of this dam was started in 1957 and is not yet completed.
This project is also locally known as Khustapuram dam. The Khustapuram project proposal was first mooted/investigated by erstwhile Hyderabad state under Nizam rule to utilize 227 thousand million cubic feet (tmc) of upper Godavari river water. This dam site is located in the Nizamabad district of Andhra Pradesh after the confluence of Manjira river with Godavari. Under stage I of this project nearly 1 million acres (4,000 km2) irrigation facility is created to utilize 140 tmc water. Stage II of this project is under advanced stage of construction to irrigate 440,000 acres (1,800 km2) using 25 tmc water. The flood flow canal project is also under implementation to irrigate 200,000 acres (810 km2) using 20 tmc water available at Pochampadu dam site. The live storage capacity of SS dam is limited to 90 tmc to reduce submergence area in MR up to FRL level 1,091 feet (333 m) above mean sea level as per the agreement between MR & AP.
[edit] Interstate Dispute
In the catchment area[2] of this dam, Maharashtra has constructed many medium and minor irrigation projects in excess of its water use entitlements under Godavari water disputes tribunal ( GWDT ). In last nine years, the dependable water availability has reduced to 33% (i.e. water is available once in three years) against the designed dependability of 75% under GWDT. This major irrigation project[3] has become many years unproductive / idle in the last decade. Due to complete utilization of river water in the upstream river basin area, the water quality in the reservoir has high salinity / total dissolved salts which is unsafe for human and cattle consumption. Also the ground water in the lower reaches of Pochampadu dam catchment area would gradually turn unsuitable for irrigation and human consumption. It is high time that central government should constitute a new tribunal under Interstate river water disputes act - 1956[4] to redress this problem and save this old irrigation project.
[edit] References
- ^ Maharashtra projects hit Sriram Sagar project inflows: BJP. The Hindu, May 16, 2005
- ^ "Godavari river basin map" http://www.kgbo-cwc.ap.nic.in/About%20Basins/Godavari.pdf
- ^ http://www.scribd.com/doc/58795771/Godavari-Water-Dispute-Tribunal-Report "GODAVARI RIVER WATER SHARING ACCORD"
- ^ http://www.scribd.com/doc/66801452/Interstate-River-Water-Disputes-Act “Interstate river water disputes act - 1956 and its legal provisions”
[edit] See also
- Godavari River Basin Irrigation Projects
- Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal
- Nizamsagar
- Icchampally Project
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