Almatti dam
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- notifies land acquisition to raise Almatti dam height
- A total of 1,33,867 acres will be acquired for increasing the height of the dam from 519.60 metres to 524.25 metres.
Almatti dam
- It also known as Lal Bahadur Shastri Dam,
- Location – It is a major hydroelectric and irrigation project located on the Krishna River in the Vijayapura district of Karnataka.
- It was completed in July 2005 and serves multiple purposes including irrigation, hydroelectric power generation, and flood control.
- The dam stands 52.5 meters high and stretches about 3.5 kilometers in length.
- The reservoir has a gross storage capacity of 123.08 TMC (Thousand Million Cubic feet) at 519 meters above mean sea level.
- Almatti Dam is the main reservoir of the Upper Krishna Irrigation Project.
- It houses a 290 MW hydroelectric power station with vertical Kaplan turbines; five 55 MW generators and one 15 MW generator.
Additional Information – Important Dams of Karnataka
|
Dam/Reservoir |
River |
Location |
Storage Capacity (TMC ft) |
|
Almatti Dam |
Krishna |
Nidagundi taluk, Bijapur district |
123.25 |
|
Basava Sagara Dam |
Krishna |
Narayanapur, Yadgir district |
37.965 |
|
Raja Lakhamagowda Dam |
Ghataprabha |
Hidkal, Belgaum district |
51.16 |
|
Renuka Sagara Dam |
Malaprabha |
Navilutheertha, Belgaum district |
37.73 |
|
Vani Vilasa Sagara |
Vedavathi |
Marikanive, Chitradurga district |
30.442 |
|
Upper Tunga Dam |
Tunga |
Gajanur, Shimoga |
3.24 |
|
Bhadra Dam |
Bhadra |
Lakkavalli, Chikmagaluru district |
71.50 |
|
Tungabhadra Dam |
Tungabhadra |
Hospet, Vijayanagara district |
132.47 |
|
Hemavathi Reservoir |
Hemavathi |
Gorur, Hassan district |
35.76 |
|
Kabini Reservoir |
Kabini |
Heggadadevanakote, Mysore |
19.52 |
|
Harangi Reservoir |
Harangi |
Hudgur, Kodagu district |
8.07 |
|
Krishna Raja Sagara |
Kaveri |
Mandya |
45.05 |
|
Linganamakki Dam |
Sharavathi |
Sagara, Shimoga district |
156.62 |
|
Chakra Reservoir |
Chakra |
Chakra Nagar, Shimoga |
7.3 |
|
Savehaklu Reservoir |
Chakra |
Chakra Nagar, Shimoga |
4.1 |
|
Mani Reservoir |
Varahi |
Hummadagallu, Shimoga |
35.2 |
|
Supa Dam |
Kali |
Ganesha Gudi, Uttara Kannada |
147.54 |
|
Kodasalli Dam |
Kali |
Kodasalli, Uttara Kannada |
10.14 |
|
Kadra Dam |
Kali |
Virje, Uttara Kannada |
13.74 |
|
Shanti Sagara |
Haridra |
Kerebilchi, Davanagere district |
3.5 |
|
Karanja Dam |
Karanja |
Byalahalli, Bidar district |
13.1 |
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