Nagarjuna Sagar Dam

Take a trip from Hyderabad to the renowned masonry dam of Nagarjuna Sagar Dam which is constructed crossways of Krishna River along the Nagarjuna Sagar in Andhra Pradesh. Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is recognized as one of the tallest masonry dam existing in the world that stands in an elevation of about 124 meters.

Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is an 11, 472 million cubic metres reservoir, which serves as one of the primary irrigation and hydroelectric projects in India. It is said that the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam helps in the provision of irrigation water to places like several districts like Khammam District, Nalgonda District, Prakasam District, and Guntur District. This hydroelectric plant generates a power of about 815.6 MW while the right canal plant generates about of 90 MW. It is said that the Krishna River initiates at Mahabaleswar in Maharashtra and thereby meandering through Sangli ultimately unites with the waters of the Bay of Bengal along the region of Hamasaladeevi in Andhra Pradesh.

Andhra Pradesh previously had no arrangements made for storing the water in a reservoir, which ultimately flooded the village in Krishna district while Nalgonda and Guntur district had no access to the excess flow of the water. Later on proposals were made to create a dam by the British rulers in the year 1903, which hardly took place. Recently it was decided, the Khosla committee in 1952 under the headship of Jawaharlal Nehru designed out reservoirs that would provides sufficient waters at the drought affected areas as per the first five year plan. It was then the Andhra Pradhesh state government in 1953 instituted the base of Nagarjuna Sagar Dam in the year 10 December 1955.

The name Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is believed to have been given after Nagarjuna, a Buddhist monk. So if you tired of visiting city attractions near Hyderabad, then plan a tour for viewing the magnificent masterpiece of Nagarjuna Sagar Dam.