| Palair Lake | |
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| Paler Reservoir | |
  Palair Lake  Palair Lake | |
| Location | Khammam district,Telangana |
| Coordinates | 17°13′N79°54′E / 17.217°N 79.900°E /17.217; 79.900 |
| Type | reservoir |
| Basin countries | India |
| Water volume | 2.5 billion cubic feet (71 hm3; 57,000 acre⋅ft) |
Palair Lake also known asPaler (Palair) Reservoir is aman made lake and a major source offreshwater in theKhammam district ofTelangana,India.[1]
Palair Reservoir is located at the Palair village inKusumanchi mandal of the district and is about 30 kilometers away from the district headquarters ofKhammam.[2] The lake is a balancing reservoir for the Lal Bahadur Canal, a left bank canal of theNagarjuna Sagar project. Covering an area of 1,748 hectares, the lake has a storage capacity of 2.5 TMC of water.[2] The lake is an important tourist attraction in the district and water based adventure sports and recreational facilities have been provided at the lake in recent years to develop it as a tourist site.[3][4] Electrical power is also generated using Palair reservoir water.right now the reservoir is only used for drinking and fishing and irrigation purposes only the water based sports are long gone in 2010.
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