Sri Komaram Bheem Project

Sri Komaram Bheem Project
Location of Sri Komaram Bheem Project
Official name శ్రీ కొమరం భీం ప్రాజెక్ట్)
Sri Komaram Bheem Project
Location Ada village, Asifabad Mandal, Adilabad district, Telangana, India
Coordinates 19°26′0″N 79°13′26″E / 19.43333°N 79.22389°ECoordinates: 19°26′0″N 79°13′26″E / 19.43333°N 79.22389°E
Opening date 19 November 2011
Dam and spillways
Impounds Paddavagu River
Height 18 metres (59 ft) above lowest foundation.
Length 1,012 metres (3,320 ft)
Reservoir
Creates Sri Komaram Bheem Reservoir


The Sri Komaram Bheem Project (Telugu: శ్రీ కొమరం భీం ప్రాజెక్ట్) is a Medium Reservoir has been built across Paddavagu River, a tributary of the Pranahita River. It is located at Ada village, Asifabad Mandal, Adilabad District, Telangana.

The project named after Komaram Bheem (Telugu:కొమరం భీం 22 October 1901 – 19 October 1940), was a tribal leader who fought against the Asaf Jahi Dynasty for the liberation of Hyderabad State. Komaram Bheem openly fought against the ruling Nizam government in a guerrilla campaign. He defied courts, laws, and any other form of Nizam authority, living off the sustenance of the forest. He took up arms against Nizam Nawab's soldiers, and fought Babi Jhari until his last breath.

This Project proposed to supply water to Asifabad, Wankidi, Kaghaznagar, and Sirpur mandals more than 45,000 in acres. But currently, the project is providing irrigation water to about 20,000 acres under its left canal 35 km. Right canal will provide irrigation water to about another 25000 acres.

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