Irrigation Projects on Godavari River Godavari River J.Chokka Rao Devadula Lift Irrigation Scheme is a lift irrigation scheme near Gangaram (V), Eturunagaram (M), Jayashankar Bhupalpally District, Telangana, India to irrigate 6.21 Lakh Acres in upland drought prone areas of Karimnagar, Warangal, Nalgonda and Medak Districts. It is the second biggest of its kind in Asia. Sriram Sagar Stage - I (Pochampad) Major Irrigation Project constructed near Pochampadu, Nizamabad district to irrigate 1 million acres (4,000 km2) to utilize 140 tmc water. As a result of Inter-State accord on sharing of Godavari River water, the allocation for this project was increased from 66 TMC to more than 200 TMC. Accordingly, the scope of Stage-I of the Project was enlarged by extending Kakatiya Canal upto Km.284.00, excavating Saraswathi Canal (Km.0.00 to Km.47.00) and Laxmi Canal (Km.0.00 to 3.50). It also provides dri...
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