the basava sagar dam is located in the state of telangana.
the basava sagar dam is located in which state?
telangana
basava sagar dam, previously known as narayanpura dam, is a dam constructed across the krishna river at siddapur village in muddebihal taluk, bijapur district, karnataka, india. the reservoir that it impounds is known as basava sagar, and has a total storage capacity of 37.965 tmcft (1.075 km³), with 30.5 tmcft (0.85 km³) live storage. the full reservoir level is 492.25 m msl and the minimum draw down level is 481.6 m msl. it was a single purpose project meant only for irrigation, but downstream electrical generation and drinking water considerations enter into its management. the dam is 29 meters high and over 1 kilometres long, and has 30 gates for water release.22 spillway gates are present in the dam it took rs. 50.48 to complete.br
basava sagara
the second stage of development involved the use of the water released from the gandhi sagar dam through another dam structure, the rana pratap sagar dam, located downstream of the gandhi sagar at rawatbhata in the chittorgarh district of rajasthan. additional storage at this dam provides an increase in irrigation benefits from the kota barrage, increasing its area of irrigation from to . in addition, a powerhouse at the toe of the dam provides an additional hydroelectric power generation capacity of 172 mw from four turbo generators, of 43 mw capacity each. the second stage was completed in 1970. the power generated at the rana pratap sagar dam is shared equally with madhya pradesh, as the gandhi sagar dam provides the stored waters for use at this dam.
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