CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Sri Ram Sagar project serves for irrigational needs in districts such as Warangal, Karimnagar, Adilabad, Nalgonda, and Khammam district and has a capacity of 75 billion cubic feet with 42 floodgates.

Detailed explanation-2: -While the full capacity of the reservoir is 90 tmcft, SRSP currently has 71 tmcft water.

Detailed explanation-3: -Interesting Facts and Trivias About Sriram Sagar Project (Pochampad DAM) It is 43 meters high and 15 kilometers long. The Pochampad Dam provides irrigation to an area of about 740 square kilometers spread over 12 districts in both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states.

Detailed explanation-4: -The construction of this barrage involves the pouring of 10 lakh cubic meters of concrete, 52, 000 tonnes of steel, 3, 80, 000 tonnes of cement and a total of 5300 secant piles of length 40, 000 rm. Once completed, the barrage will have a total of 74 gates, weighing 15593 mt.