Shanigaram Reservoir

Shanigaram Reservoir
Location of Shanigaram Reservoir in India Telangana
Official name శనిగరం చెరువు
Shanigaram Reservoir
Location Shanigaram Village, Karimnagar district, Telangana, India
Coordinates 18°11′10″N 79°00′50″E / 18.18611°N 79.01389°E / 18.18611; 79.01389Coordinates: 18°11′10″N 79°00′50″E / 18.18611°N 79.01389°E / 18.18611; 79.01389
Purpose Irrigation
Status Operational
Construction began 1887
Opening date 1891
Construction cost 540 Seers(504 kg) of Gold
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Earth fill dam
Height 16 metres (52 ft) from river level
Length 908 metres (2,979 ft)[1]
Spillway type Ogee crest
Spillway capacity 14150 Cusec
Reservoir
Creates Shanigaram Reservoir
Total capacity 1.09 Tmcft
Catchment area 5100 Acres

Shanigaram Reservoir (Telugu:శనిగరం చెరువు) also known as Shanigaram Cheruvu is a medium irrigation project constructed across the Shanigaram River, at Shanigaram Village, Karimnagar District, Telangana.

This is one of the oldest reservoir constructed in 1891 under Nizam rule. Project construction cost was 560 Seers(504 kg) of Gold (1 Seer = 80 Tula = 933.1 Gram).

As part of Sriram Sagar Stage-II work, this reservoir will be filled by lift canal from Thotapally Reservoir in which water carried from Mid Manair through MMD Right Canal. Both Reservoirs and MMD Right Canal construction is in progress, It is expected to finished by end of 2015.

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References

  1. ↑ "India: National Register of Large Dams 2012" (PDF). Central Water Commission. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
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