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India accounts for 18% of the world's population and about 4% of the world's water resources. One of the proposed solutions to solve the country's water woes is the Indian rivers interlinking project. [ 2] Some 80 percent of its area experiences rains of 750 millimetres (30 in) or more a year. However, this rain is not uniform in time or geography.
Water scarcity in India is an ongoing water crisis that affects nearly hundreds of million of people each year. [ 1] In addition to affecting the huge rural and urban population, the water scarcity in India also extensively affects the ecosystem and agriculture. India has only 4% of the world's fresh water resources despite a population of over ...
2,322,000,000 m 3 (1,882,476 acre⋅ft) (81.95 tmcft) [ 1] Surface area. 451 km 2 (174 sq mi) The Sriram Sagar Project is also known as the Pochampadu Project is an Indian flood-flow project on the Godavari. [ 2] The Project is located in Nizamabad district, 3 km away from National Highway 44.
Polavaram Project. / 17.28917°N 81.65139°E / 17.28917; 81.65139. 39.28 m (129 ft) up to top of earth dam above the lowest river bed. The Polavaram Project is an under construction multi-purpose irrigation project on the Godavari River in the Eluru District and East Godavari District in Andhra Pradesh.
The full reservoir level of Almatti dam was originally restricted to 160 feet MSL by the supreme court of India.The Krishna River conflict between Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Maharashtra was resolved by the Brijesh Kumar Tribunal and the dam was authorized to be raised to the height of 524 feet MSL with nearly 200 TMC gross storage capacity.
Earthen. 119. Therkku Karunkulam Dam. Irrigation and Drinking Water. Karunkulam Western ghot storage source for this dam. Sprawling lake for storage of rainwater and supply of drinking water to 15 village Panchayats in the region. T Karunkulam, Near Palazor.
The following are the dams and reservoirs located in Telangana. [1] Telangana is known as the Land of Dams, Reservoirs, Lakes, Tanks and Canals and has the most number of Dams, Reservoirs, Lakes, Tanks and Canals than any other South Indian state.
This page shows the state-wise list of dams and reservoirs in India. [1] [2] As of July, 2019, total number of large dams in India is 5,334. [3] About 447 large dams are under construction in India. [4] In terms of number of dams, India ranks third after China and the United States.