June 2021 (Signifies date of water impounding, not yet formally inaugurated)
Construction cost
2,121 Crores
Built by
Rithwik Projects Private Limited
Owner(s)
Government of Telangana
Operator(s)
Irrigation & CAD Department, Government of Telangana
Dam and spillways
Type of dam
Barrage
Impounds
Godavari River
Height
83 meters
Length
1,132 meters
Spillways
48 (Radial lift gates)
Spillway capacity
8,50,000 Cusecs
Reservoir
Creates
Sammakka Sagar
Total capacity
6.94 TMC
Sammakka Sagar Hydro Electric Project
Operator(s)
Telangana State Power Generation Corporation Limited
Commission date
Proposed
Type
Run-of-the-river
Turbines
10 Units of 24MW
Installed capacity
240 MW
Annual generation
786 MU (at 50% dependability)
or 317 MU (at 90% dependability)
Sammakka Sagar Barrage[1][2][3][4] (or Thupakulagudem Barrage) is a barrage across Godavari River at Thupakulagudem Village, Eturnagaram Mandal, Mulugu District of Telangana State. It stabilizes the existing irrigated area of 2,51,310 Hectare under J. Chokka Rao Devadula Lift Irrigation Scheme and 3,04,000 hectares of Sriram Sagar Project stages I & II with 50 TMC of water.[5] Another 50 TMC will be used for providing drinking water to villages en route.
Sammakka Sagar Hydro Electric Project has been planned for generation of 240MW (10 units of 24MW) through run-of-the-river generation. This hydro electric project is expected to be completed by Telangana State Power Generation Corporation Limited.
^"Green Panel Gives Nod to Telangana's Rs 2,121 Cr Dam Project On Godavari". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
^"Telangana CM names Tupakulagudem barrage after tribal warrior goddess Sammakka". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
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