Godavari River Basin Irrigation Projects

Godavari River Delta

Dowleswaram Barrage near Rajahmundry on River Godavari

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]

• Dowleswaram Barrage
• Dummugudem Barrage
• Jalaput
• Balimela Reservoir
• Upper Kolab
• 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
• Pranahita Chevella lift irrigation scheme
• Polavaram Project
• Inchampalli Project
• Sadarmat^[6]

Panoramic view of Alisagar lake.

• 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
• Jaikwadi or Paithon
• Upper Pravara
• Upper Indravati dam^[7]
• Upper Wain Ganga (Bheemgarh Dam)^[8]
• Upper Wardha Dam
• Lower Wardha Dam
• Majalgaon Dam
• Ghatghar Dam
• Upper Vaitarana Dam
• Vishnupuri Barrage^[9][10]
• 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
• Upper Pus Dam or Pus dam
• Lower Pus Dam
• Ramtek Dam
• Pench diversion Project, Madhya Pradesh^[11]

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
• http://ceamt.vidcngp.com/pro/index.htm
• 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

References

1. Godavari river basin map
2. "National register of dams in India" (PDF). Retrieved 19 July 2016.
3. "Dams & barrages location map in India". Retrieved 14 December 2012.
4. "Head works (Dam, Barrage, Weir, Anicut, Lift)". Retrieved 30 March 2016.}
5. "Major Medium Irrigation Projects in Godavari Basin". Water Resources Information System of India. Archived from the original on 19 July 2016.
6. "Sadarmat anicut in Adilabad stands the test of time". Retrieved 2 April 2016.
7. "Indravati Power Station". Orissa Hydro power Corporation Ltd. Archived from the original on 17 November 2006.
8. "अब कैसे मिलेगा पीने का पानी" [How now to get drinking water?]. Patrika Seoni News (in Hindi). 13 April 2016. Archived from the original on 21 July 2016.
9. "Vishnupuri Barrage B00473". Water Resources Information System of India. 3 April 2014. Archived from the original on 21 July 2016.
10. Vishnupuri Barrage location (Map). Archived from the original on 21 July 2016.
11. "Pench Diversion Project JI00945". Retrieved 2 April 2016.