Sri Ram Sagar Project and Godavari Irrigation Heritage of Nizamabad

The Sri Ram Sagar Project (Pochampad Dam) on the Godavari river in Nizamabad is Telangana's largest reservoir project, impounding the upper Godavari at a strategic narrows. The reservoir covering over 540 sq km provides water for the SRSP canal system irrigating 18 lakh acres across Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Adilabad, and Warangal. The dam's construction displaced 94 villages and over 100,000 people. Traditional fishing communities have rights to fish the reservoir under the Telangana Fisheries Department's cooperative licensing system.