Tummidihetti Barrage

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Tummidihetti Barrage
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Tummidihetti Barrage at Tummidihetti
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Tummidihetti Barrage (India)
Official nameTummidihetti Barrage
CountryIndia
LocationTummidihetti village, Koutala mandal, Adilabad district, Telangana
Coordinates 19°35′45″N79°47′0″E / 19.59583°N 79.78333°E / 19.59583; 79.78333
PurposeMulti-purpose
StatusProposed
Construction beganProposed
Opening dateProposed
Construction costProposed
Built byProposed
Owner(s) Government of Telangana
Operator(s)Irrigation & CAD Department, Government of Telangana
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Barrage
Impounds Pranhita River a tributary of Godavari River
Height148 meters
Length6477 meters (includes 3276 meters of concrete section, 2301 and 900 meters of left earthen dam in Maharashtra and Telangana respectively)
Spillway capacity62,231.27 Cumecs
Reservoir
CreatesTummidihetti Reservoir
Total capacity2 TMC (Estimated). [1]

Tummidihetti Barrage [2] [3] [4] is a proposed barrage across Pranhita River, a tributary of Godavari River at Tummidihetti village, Koutala mandal, Adilabad district of Telangana State. The project will provide irrigation facilities for an ayacut of 2,00,000 acres in drought prone areas in East Adilabad District of Telangana State. .

History

This barrage was earlier proposed as part of Pranahita Chevella lift irrigation scheme, to divert water via Gravity to Sripada Yellampalli project and thereafter via series of lifts which would culminate at Chevella; while providing irrigation facilities and drinking water to villages en route. The project could not come to fruition due to large scale submergence in the state of Maharashtra and the Government of Maharashtra not agreeing to an FRL of +152 meters. The canal work was undertaken between Tummidihetti Barrage and Sripada Yellampalli project, even though consent from the state of Maharashtra was not taken for barrage headworks for +152 meters FRL.

In 2016, the Government of Telangana and Government of Maharashtra signed an inter-state agreement [5] [6] with Maharashtra consenting to Tummidihetti Barrage at an FRL of +148 meters. Pranahita Chevella lift irrigation scheme, thereafter was also redesigned as Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Pranahita Project [7]

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Pranahita Project will divert water with the help of Tummidihetti Barrage and contemplates to provide Irrigation facilities for an ayacut of 2,00,000 Acres in drought prone areas in East Adilabad District of Telangana State. The Package wise details of ayacut are as follows:

S.NoMandalProposed Area (Acres)Additional Ayacut (Acres)Total Area (Acres)
1. Chennur (Assembly constituency)
AChennur15215-15215
BKotapally13357-13357
CJaipur2928-2928
Sub total3150031500
2. Bellampalli (Assembly constituency)
AVemanpally38103810
BNennel6901955620246
CTandur-1970019700
Bheemini-2150021500
Bellampally-78707870
Sub total45006862673126
3. Sirpur (Assembly constituency)
AKowtala13201245213772
BDahegaon888801040019280
CBejjur103001370024000
Sub total45006862673126
4. Asifabad (Assembly constituency)
ARebbena-3883038830
Sub total3883038830
Total56500144008200508

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