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Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is a masonry dam across the Krishna River at Nagarjuna Sagar which straddles the border between Nalgonda district in Telangana and Palnadu district in Andhra Pradesh. [2] The dam provides irrigation water to the districts of Krishna , Guntur , Palnadu , Prakasam and parts of West Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh and also ...
Nagarjunakonda (ISO: Nāgārjunikoṇḍā, meaning Nagarjuna Hill) is a historical town, now an island located near Nagarjuna Sagar in Palnadu district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. [2] [3] It is one of India's richest Buddhist sites, and now lies almost entirely under the lake created by the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam. With the construction ...
Nagarjuna Sagar Dam Raja Vasireddy Ramagopala Krishna Maheswara Prasad , popularly known as Muktyala Raja (4 October 1917 – 28 August 1972) was a zamindar of Muktyala, politician, and patron of Ayurveda .
Nagarjuna Sagar Dam: Krishna River: Nagarjuna Sagar, Palnadu district, Andhra Pradesh: Earth-fill & Masonry dam: 124 m (407 ft) 1,550 m (5,085 ft) 26: 312 tmcft: 181.051 km2: 1967: Hydroelectric & Irrigation: Nagarjuna Sagar tail pond: Krishna River: Nagarjuna Sagar, Palnadu district, Andhra Pradesh: Earth-fill & Masonry dam: 62.48 m (205 ft ...
Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, Nalgonda: 312.04 Krishna River 1967 Nagarjuna Sagar tail pond, Nalgonda: Krishna River u/c Jurala Project, Mahbubnagar: 9.66 Krishna River 1995 Lower Jurala HEP, Mahabubnagar: Krishna River Rajolibanda Dam: Tungabhadra River 1956 Dindi Reservoir: 2.0 Krishna River Dindi Balancing Reservoir (Nakkalgandi Reservoir) 7.5 ...
In 2009, the dam, designed for a maximum flood of 19 lakh cusecs, endured a flood of 25.5 lakh cusecs. According to a survey conducted in the summer of 2018, the scouring resulted in the formation of a huge pit in the apron downstream the dam. And a structure protecting the ‘toe’ and foundation of the main dam has weakened.
The largest dam removal project in U.S. history has freed the Klamath River, inspiring hope among Indigenous activists who pushed for rewilding to help save salmon.
Masonry dams are dams made out of masonry – mainly stone and brick, sometimes joined with mortar. [1] They are either the gravity or the arch-gravity type. The largest masonry dam in the World is Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, in India.