Srisailam Dam

Shrisailam, Srisailam, 518102
Srisailam Dam Srisailam Dam is one of the popular Landmark & Historical Place located in Shrisailam ,Srisailam listed under Landmark in Srisailam , Reservoir in Srisailam ,

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The Srisailam Dam is constructed across the Krishna River in Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh near Srisailam temple town and is the 2nd largest capacity working hydroelectric station in the country.The dam was constructed in a deep gorge in the Nallamala Hills in between Kurnool and Mahabubnagar districts, 300m above sea level. It is 512m long, maximum height and has crest gates. It has a reservoir of. Project has an estimated live capacity to hold 178.74 Tmcft at its full reservoir level of 885ft MSL. The minimum draw down level (MDDL) of the reservoir is at 705ft MSL from its river sluice gates. The left bank underground power station houses reversible Francis-pump turbines for pumped-storage operation and the right bank semi under ground power station houses 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. The weir portion got breached in November 2015 unable to withstand the normal water release from the hydro power stations.

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