Srisailam dam

Srisailam dam
Srisailam dam with six open locks
Location: Andhra Pradesh , Telangana ( India ) Tributaries: Krishna , Tungabhadra Drain: Krishna Major cities nearby: Srisailam
Andhra Pradesh , India
Coordinates	16 ° 5 ′ 0 ″  N , 78 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 16 ° 5 ′ 0 ″  N , 78 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  E
Data on the structure
Lock type:	Gravity dam
Construction time:	-1984
Height of the barrier structure :	145 m
Building volume:	1 953 000  m³
Crown length:	512 m
Power plant output:	1 670  MW
Data on the reservoir
Water surface	616 km²
Storage space	8722 million m³
Total storage space :	4250 million m³
Design flood :	38 369  m³ / s

The Srisailam Dam is a dam on the Krishna near Srisailam in the Kurnool district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and one of the 12 largest hydropower plants in India. It is located on the Krishna above the Nagarjuna-Sagar dam .

The dam was built in a deep gorge in the Nallamala Mountains . It is 300 m above sea level. The inaccessible dam is 145 m high and 512 m long and has twelve radial openings. The hydropower plant on the left generates 6 × 150 MW and the one on the right 7 × 110 MW.

The reservoir was originally only built to generate hydropower, but was later converted into a multi-purpose facility for water supply. It provides irrigation in the districts of Kurnool and YSR (formerly Kadapa ), which are located in the drought-prone region of Rayalaseema .

In the past few years there have been several extraordinary floods at this dam .

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Flood runoff on October 15, 2009

See also

• List of hydropower plants in India
• List of dams in the world (India)
• List of the largest dams on earth
• List of the largest reservoirs on earth
• List of the largest hydroelectric plants in the world

Web links

Commons : Srisailam Dam  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Large dams and conflicts in the Krishna Basin
• Six crest gates of Srisailam dam opened
• Gush of water: Water being released into the river by opening crest gates at Srisailam dam on Tuesday

Individual evidence

1. ↑ National Register of Large Dams (PDF 9.3 MB) Central Water Commission. Archived from the original on August 20, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 22, 2016.