| Tummidihetti Barrage | |
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| Official name | Tummidihetti Barrage |
| Country | India |
| Location | Tummidihetti village, Koutala mandal,Adilabad district,Telangana |
| Coordinates | 19°35′45″N79°47′0″E / 19.59583°N 79.78333°E /19.59583; 79.78333 |
| Purpose | Multi-purpose |
| Status | Proposed |
| Construction began | Proposed |
| Opening date | Proposed |
| Construction cost | Proposed |
| Built by | Proposed |
| Owner | Government of Telangana |
| Operators | Irrigation & CAD Department,Government of Telangana |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Barrage |
| Impounds | Pranhita River a tributary ofGodavari River |
| Height | 148 meters |
| Length | 6477 meters (includes 3276 meters of concrete section, 2301 and 900 meters of left earthen dam in Maharashtra and Telangana respectively) |
| Spillway capacity | 62,231.27Cumecs |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Tummidihetti Reservoir |
| Total capacity | 2 TMC (Estimated).[1] |
Tummidihetti Barrage[2][3][4] is a proposedbarrage acrossPranhita River, a tributary ofGodavari River at Tummidihetti village, Koutala mandal,Adilabad district ofTelangana State. The project will provide irrigation facilities for an ayacut of 2,00,000 acres in drought prone areas in East Adilabad District of Telangana State. .
This barrage was earlier proposed as part ofPranahita Chevella lift irrigation scheme, to divert water via Gravity toSripada Yellampalli project and thereafter via series of lifts which would culminate atChevella; while providing irrigation facilities and drinking water to villages en route. The project could not come to fruition due to large scale submergence in the state ofMaharashtra and theGovernment of Maharashtra not agreeing to an FRL of +152 meters. The canal work was undertaken between Tummidihetti Barrage and Sripada Yellampalli project, even though consent from the state of Maharashtra was not taken for barrage headworks for +152 meters FRL.
In 2016, theGovernment of Telangana andGovernment of Maharashtra signed an inter-state agreement[5][6] with Maharashtra consenting to Tummidihetti Barrage at an FRL of +148 meters. Pranahita Chevella lift irrigation scheme, thereafter was also redesigned asKaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Pranahita Project[7]
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Pranahita Project will divert water with the help of Tummidihetti Barrage and contemplates to provide Irrigation facilities for an ayacut of 2,00,000 Acres in drought prone areas in East Adilabad District of Telangana State. The Package wise details of ayacut are as follows:
| S.No | Mandal | Proposed Area (Acres) | Additional Ayacut (Acres) | Total Area (Acres) |
| 1.Chennur (Assembly constituency) | ||||
| A | Chennur | 15215 | - | 15215 |
| B | Kotapally | 13357 | - | 13357 |
| C | Jaipur | 2928 | - | 2928 |
| Sub total | 31500 | 31500 | ||
| 2.Bellampalli (Assembly constituency) | ||||
| A | Vemanpally | 3810 | 3810 | |
| B | Nennel | 690 | 19556 | 20246 |
| C | Tandur | - | 19700 | 19700 |
| Bheemini | - | 21500 | 21500 | |
| Bellampally | - | 7870 | 7870 | |
| Sub total | 4500 | 68626 | 73126 | |
| 3.Sirpur (Assembly constituency) | ||||
| A | Kowtala | 1320 | 12452 | 13772 |
| B | Dahegaon | 88880 | 10400 | 19280 |
| C | Bejjur | 10300 | 13700 | 24000 |
| Sub total | 4500 | 68626 | 73126 | |
| 4.Asifabad (Assembly constituency) | ||||
| A | Rebbena | - | 38830 | 38830 |
| Sub total | 38830 | 38830 | ||
| Total | 56500 | 144008 | 200508 | |