Sripada Yellampalli Project

Irrigation project in South India

Dam in Yellampalli , Peddapalli & Mancherial districts

18°50′45″N 79°22′05″E / 18.84583°N 79.36806°E / 18.84583; 79.36806PurposeMulti-purpose (Ntpc Ramagundam power plant uses and supplies drinking water to Ramagundam Godavarikhani and Hyderabad citiesStatusFunctionalConstruction began28 July 2004Opening date4 August 2016; 7 years ago (4 August 2016)Construction cost5400 crore rupeesOwner(s)Government of TelanganaDam and spillwaysType of damBarrageImpoundsGodavari RiverHeight26.3mLength1180.7mSpillways62ReservoirCreatesYellampalliTotal capacity20 tmcftPower StationOperator(s)Telangana StateCommission date2004TypeBarrageWebsite
https://irrigation.telangana.gov.in

Sripada Yellampalli Project is an Irrigation project located at Yellampalli Village of Ramagundam rural Mandal, between Peddapalli district - Mancherial District of Telangana State, India.^[1]^{[citation needed]} The project is fourth largest on the Godavari River in Telangana State. It is named after late legislator, D. Sripada Rao.^[2]

Project info

Sripada Yellampalli irrigation project foundation was laid by Former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy on 28 July 2004.

The project is designed to utilize about 63 tmc of water at a cost of Rs. 900 crores in the first phase. In the second phase, about 49.5 tmc would be lifted to the upland regions of Karimnagar, Adilabad, Nizamabad, Warangal and Medak districts with 6 TMC water allotted for the NTPC Ramagundam project.^[3] After the flood gates are installed, the project could would store about 20 Tmcft of water.^[4]

The project operational requirement is 163 MW power and 469 million KWh of electrical energy annually to pump the water. The project would supply water for NTPC power project reservoir in Ramagundam Mandal in Karimnagar old district (Peddapalli district).^[5] It commenced its operations in 2005 near Mamnoor and Yellampalli villages at Ramagundam and mainly supplies drinking water to Ramagundam ,Godavarikhani cities and Hyderabad Capital city.

References

^ "Sripada Yellampalli project water for NTPC plant". The Hindu. 28 September 2008. Archived from the original on 1 October 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
^ "Sripada Yellampalli project by May 2008". The Hindu. 12 October 2007. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
^ "YSR lays stone for Yellampalli project". The Hindu. 29 July 2004. Archived from the original on 9 August 2004. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
^ "White paper sought on Yellampalli". The Hindu. 23 October 2010. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
^ "Trial run for supply of water to NTPC in Nov". The Hindu. 16 August 2010. Archived from the original on 3 February 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2014.

Godavari basin

Rivers

Major tributaries	Godavari Pranhita Indravati Sabari Manjira Manair Wardha Wainganga Penganga
Minor tributaries	Pravara Kinnerasani Purna Sileru Sindphana Taliperu
Sub-tributaries	Adan Banganga Bindusara Darna Kadva Kanhan Kolar Nasardi Pench Purna Shivana

Dams, barrages

Geographical
features / regions

Riparian districts

Maharashtra	Nashik Ahmednagar Aurangabad Parbhani Nanded Gadchiroli Beed Amravati Bhandara Gondia Chandrapur Wardha Nagpur Yavatmal Washim Buldhana Hingoli
Madhya Pradesh	Balaghat Seoni Betul Chhindwara
Odisha	Kalahandi Koraput Malkangiri
Chhattisgarh	Bastar Bijapur
Karnataka	Bidar
Telangana	Medak Sangareddy Siddipet Nizamabad Kamareddy Adilabad Nirmal Mancherial Komaram Bheem Karimnagar Jagtial Peddapalli Rajanna Sircilla Hanamkonda Warangal Jayashankar Bhupalpally Jangaon Mahabubabad Bhadradri Kothagudem Khammam
Andhra Pradesh	Alluri Sitharama Raju Eluru West Godavari East Godavari Kakinada Konaseema

Cities

Languages / people

Coalfields

Oil / gas fields

Industries

Transport

Highways and railways	NH 16 (old NH 5) old NH 6 NH 44 (old NH 7) Hyderabad-Godavari Valley Railways Visakhapatnam–Vijayawada section Bilaspur–Nagpur section Nagpur–Hyderabad line
Bridges on Godavari	Godavari Bridge Old Godavari Bridge Godavari Arch Bridge Godavari Fourth Bridge

Pollution concerns,
river basin's sustainable
productivity & ecology

Algal bloom in reservoirs
High alkalinity of river water in the river basin upstream of Pochampadu dam
Frequent floods in tail end area of the river basin
Alkali salts / high pH water run off from ash / red mud dumps of coal fired power stations / bauxite ore enrichment
Excessive silting of reservoirs due to deforestation and mining activities