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Lal Bahadur Shastri Dam
Almatti Dam with its right bank power house
Official name	Upper Krishna-I (Almatti)
Location	Almatti, Nidgundi, Bijapur district, Karnataka
Coordinates	16°19′52″N 75°53′17″E / 16.331°N 75.888°E / 16.331; 75.888
Construction began	1963
Opening date	July 2005
Construction cost	₹ 520 crores
Operator(s)	Karnataka Power Corporation Limited
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Krishna River
Height	524.26ft
Length	1565.15 ft
Reservoir
Total capacity	123.08 Tmcft at 519 m MSL
Catchment area	33,375 sq. km
Surface area	24,230 hectares
Minimum Draw Down Level : 504.75 m MSL

The Lal Bahadur Shastri Dam is also known as Almatti Dam is a hydroelectric project on the Krishna River in North Karnataka, India which was completed in July 2005. The target annual electric output of the dam is 560 MU (or GWh).

The Almatti Dam is the main reservoir of the Upper Krishna Irrigation Project; the 290 MW power station is located on the right side of the Almatti Dam. The facility uses vertical Kaplan turbines: five 55MW generators and one 15MW generator. Water is released in to the Narayanpur reservoir after using for power generation to serve the downstream irrigation needs. Two separate facilities namely, Almatti 1 Powerhouse and Almatti II Powerhouse each separated by distance do provide power generation capabilities.

During the initial stages of the project, estimated costs were projected as ₹ 1,470 crores, but following the transfer of project's management to the Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL), the estimated cost was reduced by over fifty percent to ₹ 674 crores. KPCL eventually completed the project at an even lower cost of ₹ 520 crores. The entire dam was finished in less than forty months, with construction ending in July 2005. The dam is located on the edge of Vijayapura and Bagalkote districts. Geographically, it is located in the Vijayapura district, but large areas of Bagalkote district have also been submerged due to filling of the reservoir. The dam holds a gross water storage capacity of 123.08 TMC at 519 meters MSL. The backwaters of the dam host several migratory birds during summer.

Height

The full reservoir level of Almatti dam was originally restricted to 160 feet MSL by the supreme court of India. The Krishna River conflict between Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Maharashtra was resolved by the Brijesh Kumar Tribunal and the dam was authorized to be raised to the height of 524 feet MSL with nearly 200 TMC gross storage capacity. 26 different radial spillway gates are housed in the Dam.

See also

• Aihole
• Badami
• Banashankari
• Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal
• Kudalasangama
• Mahakuta
• North Karnataka
• Pattadakal
• Tourism in North Karnataka
• Upper Krishna Project
• Vijayapur
• List of dams and reservoirs in India

References

1. ""Map of Krishna River basin"" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
2. "CEA Monthly Generation Report". Archived from the original on 3 April 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
3. ^ Upper Krishna project at Karnataka water resources website
4. Oasis (4 August 2011). "How to Reach any City in India". howtoreach.info. Blogger. Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
5. Rozindar, Firoz (21 May 2019). "Over 2,000 flamingoes found in Almatti backwaters in Vijayapura-Bagalkot". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
6. "wrpinfo". india-wris.nrsc.gov.in. 3 April 2018. Archived from the original on 25 April 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.

HD Devegowda contribution need to be taken into consideration as he refers to this work during his tenure as PM of indis and CM of Karnataka.

External links

• Media related to Almatti Dam at Wikimedia Commons
• Almatti Dam Power House at Karnataka Power Corp
• Alamatti Dam

v t e Krishna basin
Rivers	Amarja Belagavi Nala Bellary Nala Bhadra Bhima Dandavati Dindi Gayatri Ghataprabha Handri Indrayani Koyna Kundali Malaprabha Markandeya Mula-Mutha Munneru Musi Nira Paleru Panchganga Pavana Tunga Tungabhadra Varada Vedavathi Venna
Dams and barrages	Almatti Dam Bhadra dam Budameru Diversion Channel Dhom Dam Dindi Ghataprabha Joorala Koil Sagar Koyna Dam Nagarjuna Sagar Dam Nagarjuna Sagar tail pond Basava Sagara Osman Sagar Prakasam Barrage Pulichintala Raja Lakhamagowda Rajolibanda Dam Jogulamba Barrage Srisailam Dam Sunkesula Tungabhadra Dam Wyra
Hydro power stations	Almatti Dam Bhadra Joorala Kanher Dam Koyna Lower Jurala Munirabad Nagarjuna Sagar Dam Nagarjuna Sagar tail pond Pulichintala Radhanagari dam Srisailam Dam Tungabhadra Dam
Geographical features/regions	Coastal Andhra Deccan Plateau Eastern Ghats Karnataka Konkan Marathwada Telangana Western Ghats
Riparian districts	Maharashtra Beed Kolhapur Latur Osmanabad Pune Ratnagiri Sangli Sindhudurg Solapur Karnataka Bagalkot Belgaum Bellary Bidar Bijapur Chikmagalur Chitradurga Dakshina Kannada Davanagere Dharwad Gadag Haveri Kalaburagi Koppal Raichur Shimoga Tumkur Udupi Uttara Kannada Telangana Hyderabad Karimnagar Khammam Mahboobnagar Medak Nalgonda Ranga Reddy Warangal Andhra Pradesh Ananthapur Guntur Krishna Kurnool Prakasam
Cities	Bagalkot Ballary Hubli Hyderabad Karad Pune Vijayawada
Ores and minerals	Coal Dolomite Gold Granite Iron ore Limestone
Oil/gas fields	Krishna Godavari Basin
Industries	Bellary Thermal Power station Cement plants Jindal steel, Bellary Kudgi Super Thermal Power Project Kudremukh Iron Raichur Thermal Power Station Solapur Super Thermal Power Station Vijayawada Thermal Power Station Yermarus Thermal Power Station
Transport	NH16 NH30 NH40 NH44 NH48 NH52 NH65 NH67 NH69 NH75 NH163 NH166 NH748
Related topics	Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal
Other river basins	Godavari Penna

• Dams in Karnataka
• 2005 establishments in Karnataka
• Hydroelectric power stations in Karnataka
• Reservoirs in Karnataka
• Buildings and structures in Bijapur district
• Geography of Bijapur district
• Tourist attractions in Bijapur district
• Dams completed in 2005