Srisailam Dam

The Srisailam Dam is constructed across the Krishna River in Nandyal district, Andhra Pradesh and Nagarkurnool district, Telangana near Srisailam temple town and is the 2nd largest capacity working... Wikipedia

• Location:  Sri Sailam, Nandyal district, Andhra Pradesh, India Domalapenta, Nagarkurnool district, Telangana, India
• Purpose:  Hydroelectric, Irrigation & Water supply
• Construction began:  1960
• Opening date:  1981
• Construction cost:  ₹10 billion
• Owner(s):  Government of Andhra Pradesh
• Type of dam:  Gravity & Masonry dam
• Impounds:  Krishna River
• Height:  145.1 m (476.05 ft)
• Length:  512 m (1,679.79 ft)
• Spillway capacity:  38369 cumecs
• Creates:  Srisailam Reservoir (Neelam Sanjeevareddy Sagar)
• Total capacity:  216 Tmcft
• Catchment area:  206,040 km² (79,552.49 sq mi)
• Surface area:  616 km² (237.84 sq mi)
• Operator(s):  APGENCO(right bank) and TSGENCO(left bank)
• Turbines:  6 × 150 MW (201,153.31 hp) reversible Francis-type (left bank), 7 × 110 MW (147,512.43 hp) Francis type (right bank)
• Installed capacity:  1,670 MW (2,239,506.89 hp)
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo