Shanigaram Reservoir
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Shanigaram Reservoir | |
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Location of Shanigaram Reservoir in Telangana | |
Official name | శనిగరం జలాశయం Shanigaram Reservoir |
Location | Shanigaram Village, Karimnagar district, Telangana, India |
Coordinates | 18°11′10″N 79°00′50″E / 18.18611°N 79.01389°ECoordinates: 18°11′10″N 79°00′50″E / 18.18611°N 79.01389°E |
Purpose | Irrigation |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | 1887 |
Opening date | 1891 |
Construction cost | 540 Seers(504 kg) of Gold |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Earth fill dam |
Height | 16 metres (52 ft) from river level |
Length | 908 metres (2,979 ft)[1] |
Spillway type | Ogee crest |
Spillway capacity | 14150 Cusec |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Shanigaram Reservoir |
Total capacity | 1.09 Tmcft |
Catchment area | 5100 Acres |
Shanigaram Reservoir (Telugu:శనిగరం జలాశయం) also known as Shanigaram Cheruvu is a medium irrigation project constructed across the , at Shanigaram Village, Karimnagar District, Telangana.
This is one of the oldest reservoir constructed in 1891 under Nizam rule. Project construction cost was 560 Seers (504 kg) of Gold (1 Seer = 80 Tula = 933.1 Gram).
As part of Sriram Sagar Stage-II work, this reservoir will be filled by lift canal from in which water carried from Mid Manair through MMD Right Canal. Both Reservoirs and MMD Right Canal construction is in progress,[when?]; it is expected to finish by end of 2015.[citation needed]
See also[]
- Sriram Sagar Project
- Lower Manair Dam
- Mid Manair Dam
- Upper Manair Dam
- Sripada Yellampalli project
- Nizam Sagar
- Kaddam Project
- Pranahita Chevella
- Alisagar lift irrigation scheme
- Sri Komaram Bheem Project
- Icchampally Project
References[]
- ^ "India: National Register of Large Dams 2012" (PDF). Central Water Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
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Categories:
- Dams on the Godavari River
- Dams in Telangana
- Reservoirs in India
- Karimnagar district
- Inter-state disputes in India
- Irrigation in Telangana
- Godavari basin