Godavari River Basin Irrigation Projects

Godavari River Delta
Dowleswaram Barrage near Rajahmundry on River Godavari

The Godavari River has its catchment area[1] in seven states of India: Maharashtra, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Odisha. The number of dams constructed in Godavari basin is the highest among all the river basins in India.[2] Nearly 350 major and medium dams and barrages had been constructed in the river basin by the year 2012.[3][4][5]

Alisagar lake
Panoramic view of Alisagar lake.

See also

External links

  • For Irrigation Projects in Maharashtra, refer to http://www.mahagovid.org/maha_dams.htm Archived 16 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine
  • The Majalgaon dynamic regulation pilot project
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20050404205051/http://ceamt.vidcngp.com/pro/index.htm
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20050406062502/http://www.godavarimahamandal.com/
  • For Irrigation Projects in Madhya Pradesh, refer to: http://www.mp.nic.in/wrd/Comp_Works/SRLD/SRLD_index.asp[permanent dead link]
  • Godavari River Delta
  • Godavari river water sharing accord
  • Interstate river water disputes act - 1956 and its legal provisions

References

  1. ^ "Godavari river basin map" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  2. ^ "National register of dams in India" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Dams & barrages location map in India". Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Head works (Dam, Barrage, Weir, Anicut, Lift)". Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Major Medium Irrigation Projects in Godavari Basin". Water Resources Information System of India. Archived from the original on 19 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Refer PPT file '11. CHLIS P (NSP)' for Chintalapudi lift". Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Uttarrandhra Sujala Sravanthi lift irrigation project". Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Upper Kolab Dam D01660". Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Sadarmat anicut in Adilabad stands the test of time". The Hindu. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  10. ^ "Indravati Power Station". Orissa Hydro power Corporation Ltd. Archived from the original on 17 November 2006.
  11. ^ "अब कैसे मिलेगा पीने का पानी" [How now to get drinking water?]. Patrika Seoni News (in Hindi). 13 April 2016. Archived from the original on 21 July 2016.
  12. ^ "Vishnupuri Barrage B00473". Water Resources Information System of India. 3 April 2014. Archived from the original on 21 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  13. ^ Vishnupuri Barrage location (Map). Archived from the original on 21 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  14. ^ "Pench Diversion Project JI00945". Retrieved 2 April 2016.

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