Mid Manair Dam is a major irrigation project across the

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, at Manwada Village, Boinpalli Mandal,

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. It has a capacity of 25.87 tmcft with 25

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s. It has a capacity to irrigate 2,00,000 acres. It is part of the prestigious Kaleshwaram project from which 2-3 tmcft water will be lifted and router to Mid Manair Dam. The project was completed in April 2018.

History

The balancing reservoir initiated as part of SRSP stage-II for which the foundation stone was laid by the former Prime Minister

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in 1991. The surplus water from Sriram Sagar Project flows through the SRSP Flood Flow Canal (SRSP FFC) into the Mid Manair Dam as well as

water. Once the dam reaches full capacity, water is released into the

Lower Manair Dam Lower Manair Dam also known as LMD was constructed across the Manair River, at Alugunur village, Thimmapur mandal, Karimnagar District, in the Indian state of Telangana during 1974 to 1985. It provides irrigation to a gross command area of . L ...

, a major balancing reservoir at

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city with 24

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Gross Capacity. Dam construction was started in 2004-05 as part of

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, but was delayed due to the several political reasons. 130 km long Flood Flow Canal construction work was completed before the Mid Manair Dam. While the dam was under construction, the released water from the Flood Flow Canal head regulator flowed to the

. For the project completion, it took 10 years to complete 50% work, and 10 months to complete the rest 50% in April 2018. The final cost for completing the project was ₹2050 crores.

The Reservoir

The Gross Capacity of the reservoir is 25.873

. The Left Bank Canal 22 km to irrigate 9,500 acres. The Right Bank Canal 64 km to irrigate 90,500 acres. From June 2018, the Kaleshwaram project feeds the Mid-Manair Reservoir with the Godavari water and stabilizes the ayacut via existing projects.

Earth dam breach

On 25 September 2016, flood water flowed over the incomplete earth dam of the project and breached the earth dam inundating the downstream areas. Few villages were evacuated to save from water inundation. It was planned to store 3 tmcft water in the project to facilitate water supply under SRSP (stage-II) and

Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project The Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP) is a multi-purpose irrigation project on the Godavari River in Kaleshwaram, Bhupalpally, Telangana, India. Currently the world's largest multi-stage lift irrigation project, its farthest upstream i ...

. It is not possible to supply water from the project till the earth dam is reconstructed. The project planning and its execution is blamed for the dam breach which has not constructed the earth dam to adequate level in comparison with the adjacent concrete spill way to safely pass the normal flood water without over topping the earth dam.

Submerged Villages (16)

*Anupuram (Vemulawada) *Arepalli (Vemulawada) *Kodmunja (Vemulawada) *Rudravaram (Vemulawada) *Sankepalli (Vemulawada) *Kodurupaka (Boinapalli) *Manwada (Boinapalli) *Neelojipalli (Boinapalli) *Sabhashpalli (Boinapalli) *Varadavelli (Boinapalli) *Cheerlavancha (Thangalapally) *Chintalthana (Thangalapally) *Gurravanipalli (Illanthakunta) *Kandikatkur (Illanthakunta) *Obulapuram (Illanthakunta)

References

* * * {{Godavari basin Dams on the Godavari River Dams in Telangana Irrigation in Telangana Karimnagar district Inter-state disputes in India Godavari basin

History

The Reservoir

Earth dam breach

Submerged Villages (16)

See also

References