NAGARJUNA SAGAR PROJECT
Brief Profile
Major Completed
[ Brief ]|[ Detail ]|[ Map ] Date: 01/06/2004

1.     Preamble

    The multipurpose Nagarjunasagar Project (NSP) on the river Krishna, near the then Nandikonda Village, Peddavoora Mandal, Nalgonda District, is the pride of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the Modern Temples of Independent India. This is the largest and highest masonry dam in the world. The Project was inaugurated by the (Late) Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru, the then Prime Minister of India on the 10th December 1955. The water was let into both the two main canals i.e. Right Main Canal (Jawahar Canal), Left Main Canal (Lalbahadur Canal) by the late Prime Ministre Smt. Indira Gandhi on the 4th August 1967.

2.     Salient Features

    (a) Location

    :

    Nandikonda (Village)
    Peddavoora (Mandal)
    Nalgonda (District)

    (b) Hydrology

      Catchment Area

      :

      2.15 lakh Sq Km

      Maximum Observed Flood(on 7th October 1903)
      at Vijayawada

      :

      10.61 lakh Cusec

    (c) Reservoir

      Water spread area at FRL

      :

      285 Sq Km

    (d) Masonry Dam

      Spill way of Dam

      :

      471 m

      Non-over flow Dam

      :

      979 m

      Masonry Dam

      :

      1450 m

      Maximum height of Dam above deepest foundation

      :

      125 m

    (e) Earth Dam

      Total Length of Earth Dam

      :

      3414 m

      Maximum height

      :

      26 m

    (f) Power Generation

      Power Units

      :

      1 No. conventional
      (110 MW capacity)
      7 nos Reversible
      (100 MW capacity)

    (g) Canal Power House

      Right side

      :

      3 units 30 MW (each)

      Left side

      :

      2 units 30 MW (each)

3.     Irrigation Potential

    Under Nagarjuna Sagar Right Main Canal and Left Main Canal, an ayacut of 10 to 11 lakh acres and 8.5 to 9.5 lakh acres respectively are irrigated during normal years.

      Ayacut Canal-wise

      Contemplate
      (lakh acres)

      Localized
      (lakh acres)

        Right Main Canal

        11.75

        11.13

        Left Main Canal

        10.38

        10.30
      Ayacut District-wise
      Contemplate
      (acres)
      Localized
      (acres)
        Nalgonda 3,97,000 3,81,022
        Khammam 2,75,000 2,76,633
        Krishna 3,68,305 3,70,681
        West Godavary 6,734 2,244
        Guntur 7,01,999 6,68,541
        Prakasam 4,71,999 4,44,729

4.     Components

    (a) Head Works

    (b) Canals

      (i) Jawahar Canal

      (Right Main Canal)

      (ii) Lal Bhadur Canal

      (Left Main Canal)

5.     Source of Funding

    The balance IP creation works under Nargarjunasagar Project are being undertaken with the Centrally Sponsored Project and rehabilitation works by the World Bank Aid.

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