Kaddam Project
Kaddam Project | |
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Official name |
కడెం ప్రాజెక్ట్ Kaddam Project |
Location | Kaddam, Adilabad district, Telangana, India |
Coordinates | 19°6′29″N 78°47′27″E / 19.10806°N 78.79083°ECoordinates: 19°6′29″N 78°47′27″E / 19.10806°N 78.79083°E |
Opening date | 1958 |
Dam and spillways | |
Impounds | Kadem River |
Height | 31 metres (102 ft) from river level |
Length | 2,051 metres (6,729 ft) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Kaddam Reservoir |
Total capacity | 215,800,000 m3 (174,952 acre·ft) |
Active capacity | 137,100,000 m3 (111,149 acre·ft)[1] |
Catchment area | 2,590 square kilometres (1,000 sq mi) |
Surface area | 24.7 km2 (9.5 sq mi) |
The Kaddam Project also called Kadem (Telugu:కడెం ప్రాజెక్ట్ ) is a Major Reservoir across river Kadem, a tributary river of Godavari near Kaddam Mandal, Adilabad District, Telangana. This project also called as Kaddam Narayana Reddy Project
The Project has been integrated with Sriram Sagar Project. The reservoir being supplemented through Sriram Sagar Project, Saraswathi Canal to stabilize the localized catchment area.
It has two major canals for water distribution, the Left canal length is 76.8 km and Right Canal length is about 8 km.
See also
- Sriram Sagar Project
- Nizamsagar
- Godavari River Basin Irrigation Projects
- Pranahita Chevella lift irrigation scheme
- Alisagar lift irrigation scheme
- Sripada Yellampalli project
- Lower Manair Dam
- Upper Manair Dam
- Icchampally Project
References
- ↑ "India: National Register of Large Dams 2012". Central Water Commission. Retrieved 26 August 2014.