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	==See also==		==See also==
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	* [[Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal]]		* [[Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal]]
	* [[List of power stations in India]]		* [[List of power stations in India]]

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	\| location = {[~~Domalapenta~~]] , [[~~Nagarkurnool District~~]] , [[~~Telangana~~]] , [[India]] [[~~Sri Sailam~~]], [[~~Kurnool~~ district]], [[~~Andhra Pradesh~~]], [[India]]		\| location = [[Sri Sailam]], [[Nandyal district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]] [[Domalapenta]] , [[Nagarkurnool district]] , [[Telangana]] , [[India]]
	\| construction_began = 1960		\| construction_began = 1960
	\| opening = 1981		\| opening = 1981
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	\| plant_operator = [[~~TSGENCO~~]](~~left~~ bank) and [[~~APGENCO~~]](~~right~~ bank)		\| plant_operator = [[APGENCO]](right bank) and [[TSGENCO]](left bank)
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	\| image = ~~SriSailam~~ Dam ~~OCT 2017 Skies~~.jpg		\| image = NSRS Srisailam Dam.jpg
	\| dam_height = {{Convert\|145.10\|m\|ft\|0\|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web\|title=India: National Register of Large Dams 2009\|url=http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf\|publisher=Central Water Commission\|access-date=10 July 2011\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721165130/http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf\|archive-date=21 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last=Jauhari\|first=V.P.\|title=Sustaining river linking\|year=2005\|publisher=Mittal Publications\|location=New Delhi, India\|isbn=817099991X\|pages=84\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G50T11X_hSgC&q=srisailam+dam&pg=PA84}}</ref>		\| dam_height = {{Convert\|145.10\|m\|ft\|0\|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web\|title=India: National Register of Large Dams 2009\|url=http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf\|publisher=Central Water Commission\|access-date=10 July 2011\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721165130/http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf\|archive-date=21 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last=Jauhari\|first=V.P.\|title=Sustaining river linking\|year=2005\|publisher=Mittal Publications\|location=New Delhi, India\|isbn=817099991X\|pages=84\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G50T11X_hSgC&q=srisailam+dam&pg=PA84}}</ref>
	\| location_map = India Andhra Pradesh		\| location_map = India Andhra Pradesh
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	The '''Srisailam Dam''' is constructed across the [[Krishna River]] in [[Nagarkurnool ~~District~~]] , [[Telangana]] and [[~~Kurnool~~ district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]] near [[Srisailam]] temple town and is the [[List of power stations in India#Hydroelectric\|2nd largest capacity]] working [[Hydroelectricity\|hydroelectric]] station in the country.<ref>{{cite web\|url= http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Srisailam(N.S.R.S.P)_Dam_D00557\|title=Srisailam (N.S.R.S.P) Dam D00557\|access-date=22 September 2015}}</ref>		The '''Srisailam Dam''' is constructed across the [[Krishna River]] in [[Nagarkurnool district]] , [[Telangana]] and [[Nandyal district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]] near [[Srisailam]] temple town and is the [[List of power stations in India#Hydroelectric\|2nd largest capacity]] working [[Hydroelectricity\|hydroelectric]] station in the country.<ref>{{cite web\|url= http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Srisailam(N.S.R.S.P)_Dam_D00557\|title=Srisailam (N.S.R.S.P) Dam D00557\|access-date=22 September 2015}}</ref>

	The dam was constructed in a deep gorge in the [[Nallamala Hills]] in between Kurnool and ~~Mahabubnagar~~ districts, {{convert\|300\|m\|ft\|abbr=on}} above sea level. It is {{convert\|512\|m\|ft\|abbr=on}} long, {{convert\|145\|m}} maximum height and has {{nowrap\|12 radial}} crest gates. It has a reservoir of {{convert\|616\|km2}}. Project has an estimated live capacity to hold 178.74 [[Tmcft]] at its full reservoir level of {{convert\|885\|ft\|m\|0}} [[Mean sea level\|MSL]]. The minimum draw down level (MDDL) of the reservoir is at {{convert\|705\|ft\|m\|0}} MSL from its river sluice gates and corresponding dead storage is 3.42 Tmcft.<ref>{{cite web\|url= http://krmb.cgg.gov.in/krmb/projects#\|title=Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy Srisailam Project\|access-date=22 September 2017}}</ref> The left bank underground power station houses {{nowrap\|6 × }}{{convert\|150\|MW}} reversible [[Francis-pump turbine]]s for [[pumped-storage]] operation (each Turbine can pump 200 [[Cubic metre per second\|cumecs]]) and the right bank semi under ground power station houses {{nowrap\|7 × }}{{convert\|110\|MW}} Francis-turbine generators.		The dam was constructed in a deep gorge in the [[Nallamala Hills]] in between Kurnool and Nagarkurnool districts, {{convert\|300\|m\|ft\|abbr=on}} above sea level. It is {{convert\|512\|m\|ft\|abbr=on}} long, {{convert\|145\|m}} maximum height and has {{nowrap\|12 radial}} crest gates. It has a reservoir of {{convert\|616\|km2}}. Project has an estimated live capacity to hold 178.74 [[Tmcft]] at its full reservoir level of {{convert\|885\|ft\|m\|0}} [[Mean sea level\|MSL]]. The minimum draw down level (MDDL) of the reservoir is at {{convert\|705\|ft\|m\|0}} MSL from its river sluice gates and corresponding dead storage is 3.42 Tmcft.<ref>{{cite web\|url= http://krmb.cgg.gov.in/krmb/projects#\|title=Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy Srisailam Project\|access-date=22 September 2017}}</ref> The left bank underground power station houses {{nowrap\|6 × }}{{convert\|150\|MW}} reversible [[Francis-pump turbine]]s for [[pumped-storage]] operation (each Turbine can pump 200 [[Cubic metre per second\|cumecs]]) and the right bank semi under ground power station houses {{nowrap\|7 × }}{{convert\|110\|MW}} Francis-turbine generators.

	Tail pond dam/weir located 14 km downstream of Srisailam dam is under advanced stage of construction to hold the water released by the hydro turbines and later pump back into the Srisailam reservoir by operating the turbines in pump mode.<ref>{{cite web\|url= http://www.contec.co.in/project/single_whole_project/52\|title=Srisailam Tail pond Dam\|access-date=22 December 2015}}</ref> The weir portion got breached in November 2015 unable to withstand the normal water release from the hydro power stations.<ref>{{cite web\|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF7AdfW9XjI\|title=Srisailam Tail pond Dam leaked\|access-date=22 December 2015}}</ref> Tail pond weir was completed during the year 2017 and pumping mode operation is being done even the downstream [[Nagarjuna Sagar dam\|Nagarjuna Sagar reservoir]] water level is below {{convert\|531.5\|ft\|m\|0}} MSL. The tail pond has nearly 1 tmcft live storage capacity.<ref>{{cite web\|url= http://aperc.gov.in/aperc1/assets/uploads/files/OP72006.pdf\|title= Srisailam dam tail pond level and storage capacity \|access-date=22 September 2015}}</ref>		Tail pond dam/weir located 14 km downstream of Srisailam dam is under advanced stage of construction to hold the water released by the hydro turbines and later pump back into the Srisailam reservoir by operating the turbines in pump mode.<ref>{{cite web\|url= http://www.contec.co.in/project/single_whole_project/52\|title=Srisailam Tail pond Dam\|access-date=22 December 2015}}</ref> The weir portion got breached in November 2015 unable to withstand the normal water release from the hydro power stations.<ref>{{cite web\|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF7AdfW9XjI \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311030730/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF7AdfW9XjI \|archive-date=2016-03-11 \|url-status=dead\|title=Srisailam Tail pond Dam leaked\|access-date=22 December 2015}}</ref> Tail pond weir was completed during the year 2017 and pumping mode operation is being done even the downstream [[Nagarjuna Sagar dam\|Nagarjuna Sagar reservoir]] water level is below {{convert\|531.5\|ft\|m\|0}} MSL. The tail pond has nearly 1 tmcft live storage capacity.<ref>{{cite web\|url= http://aperc.gov.in/aperc1/assets/uploads/files/OP72006.pdf\|title= Srisailam dam tail pond level and storage capacity \|access-date=22 September 2015}}</ref>
	~~[[File:Srisailam Damm.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Srisailam Dam]]~~

	== History ==		== History ==
	~~[[File:Backwaters of Srisailam.jpg\|thumb\|Srisailam Dam Backwaters of Krishna River]]~~
	The Srisailam project began in 1960, Initially only as a power project. After several delays, the main dam was finally completed twenty years later in 1980 July 26. {{Citation needed\|date=December 2009}} In the meantime the project was converted into a multipurpose facility with a generating capacity of {{convert\|770\|MW}} by its second stage which was completed in 1987. {{Citation needed\|date=December 2009}} The dam is to provide water for an estimated {{Convert\|2000\|km2}}. Under the right bank branch canal {{Convert\|790\|km2}} in Kurnool and Kadapa districts will have assured irrigation. From the initial modest estimate of {{nowrap\|{{Indian Rupee\|link=Indian rupee}}384.7 million}} for a power project the total cost of the multipurpose project was estimated to cross {{nowrap\|{{Indian Rupee}}10 billion}} in its enlarged form. The dam has alone cost {{nowrap\|{{Indian Rupee}}4.04 billion}} together with the installation of four generating sets of {{nowrap\|110 MW}} each. The right bank branch canal is estimated to cost {{nowrap\|{{Indian Rupee}}4.49 billion}} and the initial investment of {{nowrap\|{{Indian Rupee}}1.4 billion}} has been provided by the World Bank. The projected cost-benefit ratio of the project has been worked out at 1:1.91 at 10% interest on capital outlay.{{Citation needed\|date=December 2009}}. In 1998 a coffer dam was over topped by flooding. The power house required repairs and did not generate power for a year. On 2 October 2009, Srisailam dam experienced a record inflow which threatened the dam.<ref>[http://www.indiawaterportal.org/node/12731 Managing historic flood in the Krishna river basin in the year 2009]</ref>		The Srisailam project began in 1960, Initially only as a power project. After several delays, the main dam was finally completed twenty years later in 1980 July 26. {{Citation needed\|date=December 2009}} In the meantime the project was converted into a multipurpose facility with a generating capacity of {{convert\|770\|MW}} by its second stage which was completed in 1987. {{Citation needed\|date=December 2009}} The dam is to provide water for an estimated {{Convert\|2000\|km2}}. Under the right bank branch canal {{Convert\|790\|km2}} in Kurnool and Kadapa districts will have assured irrigation. From the initial modest estimate of {{nowrap\|{{Indian Rupee\|link=Indian rupee}}384.7 million}} for a power project the total cost of the multipurpose project was estimated to cross {{nowrap\|{{Indian Rupee}}10 billion}} in its enlarged form. The dam has alone cost {{nowrap\|{{Indian Rupee}}4.04 billion}} together with the installation of four generating sets of {{nowrap\|110 MW}} each. The right bank branch canal is estimated to cost {{nowrap\|{{Indian Rupee}}4.49 billion}} and the initial investment of {{nowrap\|{{Indian Rupee}}1.4 billion}} has been provided by the World Bank. The projected cost-benefit ratio of the project has been worked out at 1:1.91 at 10% interest on capital outlay.{{Citation needed\|date=December 2009}}. In 1998 a coffer dam was over topped by flooding. The power house required repairs and did not generate power for a year. On 2 October 2009, Srisailam dam experienced a record inflow which threatened the dam.<ref>[http://www.indiawaterportal.org/node/12731 Managing historic flood in the Krishna river basin in the year 2009]</ref>

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	==Power generation optimization==		==Power generation optimization==
			[[File:Power generator rooms.jpg\|Srisailam right bank power house\|thumb]]
	At present the initial inflows into [[Srisailam]] reservoir are stored excessively without using for power generation. The flood water fills the remaining empty Srisailam reservoir quickly and most of the flood water overflows into downstream [[Nagarjuna Sagar Dam\|Nagarjunasagar]] reservoir without being used for power generation.<ref>[https://www.scribd.com/doc/58789365/Srisailam-HPS Optimisation of power generation from Srisailam Hydroelectric Power Station]</ref> The endeavor shall be to fill the Nagarjunasagar reservoir fully with the uniform water released through the power generating units.		At present the initial inflows into [[Srisailam]] reservoir are stored excessively without using for power generation. The flood water fills the remaining empty Srisailam reservoir quickly and most of the flood water overflows into downstream [[Nagarjuna Sagar Dam\|Nagarjunasagar]] reservoir without being used for power generation.<ref>[https://www.scribd.com/doc/58789365/Srisailam-HPS Optimisation of power generation from Srisailam Hydroelectric Power Station]</ref> The endeavor shall be to fill the Nagarjunasagar reservoir fully with the uniform water released through the power generating units.

	== Pumped storage hydro power potential==		== Pumped storage hydro power potential==
	Srisailam reservoir, serving as lower level reservoir, has potential to install nearly 77,000 MW [[Power sector of Andhra Pradesh#Pumped storage hydroelectricity projects\|high head pumped storage hydroelectric plants]] on its right side.		Srisailam reservoir, serving as lower level reservoir, has potential to install nearly 77,000 MW [[Power sector of Andhra Pradesh#Pumped storage hydroelectricity projects\|high head pumped storage hydroelectric plants]] on its right side.
	~~<gallery>~~
	~~File:Power generator rooms.jpg\|Srisailam right bank power house~~
	~~Srisailam Power Project turbine 2.jpg\|Hydroelectric station turbine~~
	~~Srisailam Dam turbine.jpg\|Hydroelectric station turbine~~
	~~</gallery>~~

	==See also==		==See also==
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	* [[List of hydroelectric power station failures]]		* [[List of hydroelectric power station failures]]
	* [[Nagarjuna Sagar tail pond]]		* [[Nagarjuna Sagar tail pond]]
			{{Commons category\|Srisailam Dam}}

	==References==		==References==
	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}

	~~==External links==~~
	~~{{Commons category\|Srisailam Dam}}~~
	* [http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/80a03e/80A03E0f.htm Large dams and conflicts in the Krishna Basin]
	* [http://www.hinduonnet.com/2005/08/02/stories/2005080216900400.htm Six crest gates of Srisailam dam opened]
	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070213070902/http://www.hindu.com/2005/08/03/stories/2005080309750100.htm Gush of water: Water being released into the river by opening crest gates at Srisailam dam on Tuesday]

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| coordinates = {{coord|16|05|13|N|78|53|50|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| location = {[Domalapenta]] , [[Nagarkurnool District]] , [[Telangana]] , [[India]] [[Sri Sailam]], [[Kurnool district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]
| construction_began = 1960
| opening = 1981
| cost = ₹10 billion<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.andhraspider.com/resources/3180-Srisailam-Dam-Andhra-Pradesh-Details.aspx&ved=2ahUKEwjR4oD53c3jAhUSXSsKHXq1A5cQFjAUegQIBxAB&usg=AOvVaw1PlZU6ydnyTc7j4akcVph8|title=Sri Sailam Dam cost|date=8 May 2007|publisher=Andhraspider.com|access-date=6 January 2019}}</ref>
| owner = [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]]
| purpose = [[Hydroelectric]], [[Irrigation]] & [[Water supply]]
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| dam_crosses = [[Krishna River]]
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| res_surface = {{Convert|616|km2|abbr=on}}
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| plant_turbines = 6 × {{convert|150|MW|abbr=on}} reversible [[Francis-type]] (left bank)<br />
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The '''Srisailam Dam''' is constructed across the [[Krishna River]] in [[Nagarkurnool District]] , [[Telangana]] and [[Kurnool district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]] near [[Srisailam]] temple town and is the [[List of power stations in India#Hydroelectric|2nd largest capacity]] working [[Hydroelectricity|hydroelectric]] station in the country.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Srisailam(N.S.R.S.P)_Dam_D00557|title=Srisailam (N.S.R.S.P) Dam D00557|access-date=22 September 2015}}</ref>

The dam was constructed in a deep gorge in the [[Nallamala Hills]] in between Kurnool and Mahabubnagar districts, {{convert|300|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level. It is {{convert|512|m|ft|abbr=on}} long, {{convert|145|m}} maximum height and has {{nowrap|12 radial}} crest gates. It has a reservoir of {{convert|616|km2}}. Project has an estimated live capacity to hold 178.74 [[Tmcft]] at its full reservoir level of {{convert|885|ft|m|0}} [[Mean sea level|MSL]]. The minimum draw down level (MDDL) of the reservoir is at {{convert|705|ft|m|0}} MSL from its river sluice gates and corresponding dead storage is 3.42 Tmcft.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://krmb.cgg.gov.in/krmb/projects#|title=Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy Srisailam Project|access-date=22 September 2017}}</ref> The left bank underground power station houses {{nowrap|6 × }}{{convert|150|MW}} reversible [[Francis-pump turbine]]s for [[pumped-storage]] operation (each Turbine can pump 200 [[Cubic metre per second|cumecs]]) and the right bank semi under ground power station houses {{nowrap|7 × }}{{convert|110|MW}} Francis-turbine generators.

Tail pond dam/weir located 14 km downstream of Srisailam dam is under advanced stage of construction to hold the water released by the hydro turbines and later pump back into the Srisailam reservoir by operating the turbines in pump mode.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.contec.co.in/project/single_whole_project/52|title=Srisailam Tail pond Dam|access-date=22 December 2015}}</ref> The weir portion got breached in November 2015 unable to withstand the normal water release from the hydro power stations.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF7AdfW9XjI|title=Srisailam Tail pond Dam leaked|access-date=22 December 2015}}</ref> Tail pond weir was completed during the year 2017 and pumping mode operation is being done even the downstream [[Nagarjuna Sagar dam|Nagarjuna Sagar reservoir]] water level is below {{convert|531.5|ft|m|0}} MSL. The tail pond has nearly 1 tmcft live storage capacity.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://aperc.gov.in/aperc1/assets/uploads/files/OP72006.pdf|title= Srisailam dam tail pond level and storage capacity |access-date=22 September 2015}}</ref>
[[File:Srisailam Damm.jpg|thumb|right|Srisailam Dam]]

== History ==
[[File:Backwaters of Srisailam.jpg|thumb|Srisailam Dam Backwaters of Krishna River]]
The Srisailam project began in 1960, Initially only as a power project. After several delays, the main dam was finally completed twenty years later in 1980 July 26. {{Citation needed|date=December 2009}} In the meantime the project was converted into a multipurpose facility with a generating capacity of {{convert|770|MW}} by its second stage which was completed in 1987. {{Citation needed|date=December 2009}} The dam is to provide water for an estimated {{Convert|2000|km2}}. Under the right bank branch canal {{Convert|790|km2}} in Kurnool and Kadapa districts will have assured irrigation. From the initial modest estimate of {{nowrap|{{Indian Rupee|link=Indian rupee}}384.7 million}} for a power project the total cost of the multipurpose project was estimated to cross {{nowrap|{{Indian Rupee}}10 billion}} in its enlarged form. The dam has alone cost {{nowrap|{{Indian Rupee}}4.04 billion}} together with the installation of four generating sets of {{nowrap|110 MW}} each. The right bank branch canal is estimated to cost {{nowrap|{{Indian Rupee}}4.49 billion}} and the initial investment of {{nowrap|{{Indian Rupee}}1.4 billion}} has been provided by the World Bank. The projected cost-benefit ratio of the project has been worked out at 1:1.91 at 10% interest on capital outlay.{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}}. In 1998 a coffer dam was over topped by flooding. The power house required repairs and did not generate power for a year. On 2 October 2009, Srisailam dam experienced a record inflow which threatened the dam.<ref>[http://www.indiawaterportal.org/node/12731 Managing historic flood in the Krishna river basin in the year 2009]</ref>

==Irrigation==
Srisailam right main canal (SRMC) is constructed with 44,000 [[cusec]]s capacity at Srisailam reservoir level of {{convert|269.22|m|ft|0}} [[Mean sea level|MSL]] to feed [[Pothireddypadu Reservoir|Veligodu reservoir]] (16.95 tmcft), [[Brahmamgari Matham|Brahmamsagar Reservoir]] (17.74 tmcft), Alaganoor reservoir (2.97 tmcft), Gorakallu reservoir (12.44 tmcft), Owk reservoir (4.15 tmcft), [[Gandikota Reservoir]] (26.86 tmcft), [[Mylavaram Dam|Mylavaram reservoir]] (9.98 tmcft), [[Somasila Dam|Somasila reservoir]] (78 tmcft) and [[Kandaleru Dam|Kandeleru reservoir]] (68 tmcft) with nearly 235 Tmcft total storage capacity.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://iwm.vassarlabs.com/reservoir|title= AP Reservoirs real time data|access-date=22 July 2018}}</ref> This canal also supplies water to [[Telugu Ganga project]] which supplies Krishna river water to [[Chennai]] city for its drinking purpose.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://irrigationap.cgg.gov.in/wrd/projects|title=Telugu Ganga project|access-date=22 September 2015}}</ref> This main canal by feeding water to [[K. C. Canal]], Srisailam right bank canal, Telugu Ganga canal and [[Galeru Nagari Sujala Sravanthi Project|Galeru Nagari canal]] irrigates vast area in [[Kurnool district|Kurnool]], [[Kadapa district|Kadapa]], [[Chittoor district|Chittoor]] and [[Nellore district]]s.

[[Handri-Neeva]] lift canal by drawing water from the Srisailam reservoir, supplies drinking water in all the districts of [[Rayalaseema]].[[Veligonda Project|Veligonda reservoir]] receives water by gravity through tunnels to irrigate lands in Nellore, Kadapa and [[Prakasam district]]s. [[Kalwakurthy lift irrigation scheme]] by drawing water from the Srisailam reservoir, supplies irrigation water in [[Mahbubnagar district|Mahbubnagar]] and [[Nalgonda district]]s

[[Alimineti Madhava Reddy Project|Srisailam left bank canal]] will receive water by gravity through tunnels to irrigate lands in [[Nalgonda district]]. Tunnel work is not complete and the required water has been provided to most of the project area by lifting water from the downstream Nagarjuna Sagar reservoir.

== Dam Maintenance and Safety ==
Systematic Neglect and absence of diversion of funds is evident in maintenance of the dam and lack of any modernization attempts of the Powerhouse. The officers report a shortage of maintenance staff.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rao|first=G. Venkataramana|date=2019-11-20|title=Srisailam dam in need of urgent maintenance|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/srisailam-dam-in-need-of-urgent-maintenance/article30020482.ece|access-date=2020-07-23|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

Safety concerns to the 2nd largest Hydroelectric project in the country have been raised over the years<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rao|first=G. Venkataramana|date=2019-11-16|title=Experts worried about safety of Srisailam dam|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/experts-worried-about-safety-of-srisailam-dam/article29987390.ece|access-date=2020-07-22|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Pulipaka|first=AuthorBalu|title=Srisailam dam safety under lens|url=https://telanganatoday.com/srisailam-dam-safety-under-lens|access-date=2020-07-22|website=Telangana Today|language=en-US}}</ref> and have been assessed false subsequently.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff Reporter|date=2019-11-22|title=No threat to Srisailam dam, asserts Minister|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/no-threat-to-srisailam-dam-asserts-minister/article30042436.ece|access-date=2020-07-22|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> In 2009, the dam, designed for a maximum flood of 19 lakh cusecs, endured a flood of 25.5 lakh cusecs. According to a survey conducted in summer of 2018, the scouring resulted in the formation of a huge pit in the apron downstream the dam. And a structure protecting the ‘toe’ and foundation of the main dam has weakened. Efforts are not yet made to repair and maintain the dam.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rao|first=G. Venkataramana|date=2019-11-16|title=Experts worried about safety of Srisailam dam|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/experts-worried-about-safety-of-srisailam-dam/article29987390.ece|access-date=2020-07-22|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Power generation optimization==
At present the initial inflows into [[Srisailam]] reservoir are stored excessively without using for power generation. The flood water fills the remaining empty Srisailam reservoir quickly and most of the flood water overflows into downstream [[Nagarjuna Sagar Dam|Nagarjunasagar]] reservoir without being used for power generation.<ref>[https://www.scribd.com/doc/58789365/Srisailam-HPS Optimisation of power generation from Srisailam Hydroelectric Power Station]</ref> The endeavor shall be to fill the Nagarjunasagar reservoir fully with the uniform water released through the power generating units.

== Pumped storage hydro power potential==
Srisailam reservoir, serving as lower level reservoir, has potential to install nearly 77,000 MW [[Power sector of Andhra Pradesh#Pumped storage hydroelectricity projects|high head pumped storage hydroelectric plants]] on its right side.
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File:Power generator rooms.jpg|Srisailam right bank power house
Srisailam Power Project turbine 2.jpg|Hydroelectric station turbine
Srisailam Dam turbine.jpg|Hydroelectric station turbine
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==See also==
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* [[Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal]]
* [[List of power stations in India]]
* [[List of dams and reservoirs in India]]
* [[List of hydroelectric power station failures]]
* [[Nagarjuna Sagar tail pond]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/80a03e/80A03E0f.htm Large dams and conflicts in the Krishna Basin]
* [http://www.hinduonnet.com/2005/08/02/stories/2005080216900400.htm Six crest gates of Srisailam dam opened]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070213070902/http://www.hindu.com/2005/08/03/stories/2005080309750100.htm Gush of water: Water being released into the river by opening crest gates at Srisailam dam on Tuesday]

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