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Dindi Lift Irrigation Scheme
Dindi Reservoir
Location of Dindi Lift Irrigation Scheme in IndiaShow map of IndiaR. Vidyasagar Rao Dindi Lift Irrigation Scheme (Telangana)Show map of Telangana
Location	Telangana, India
Coordinates	16°32′10″N 78°39′40″E / 16.53611°N 78.66111°E / 16.53611; 78.66111
Purpose	Irrigation, power, and transport
Status	Completed/Inaugurated
Owner(s)	Telangana Irrigation Department
Operator(s)	Telangana Irrigation Department
Dam and spillways
Height	up to top of earth dam above the lowest river bed.
Spillway type	Chute spillway

R. Vidyasagar Rao Dindi Lift Irrigation Scheme is a lift irrigation project in Nalgonda, Telangana, India. It serves Nalgonda, Mahbubnagar and Khammam areas. It was named after R. Vidyasagar Rao, a foremost irrigation expert in Telangana.

Dindi reservoir

Dindi Reservoir is a medium water reservoir across Dindi tributary of River Krishna located near Dindi, Mahabubnagar town in Telangana. It is part of Srisailam Left Bank Canal.

This medium reservoir has 59 million cubic meters gross storage capacity. It is close to Amrabad Tiger Reserve, around 95 kilometers from Hyderabad.

See also

• Mahatma Gandhi Kalwakurthy lift irrigation scheme
• Srisailam Dam

References

1. "Telangana, AP spar over Dindi lift irrigation scheme in NGT". The Times of India. 14 December 2021.
2. "Dindi project in Telangana named after Vidyasagar Rao". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 14 April 2018.
3. "Dindi(Gundlapally) project to be named after Vidyasagar Rao". 14 April 2018.
4. "The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : Machine to drill country's longest tunnel arrives". www.hindu.com. Archived from the original on 27 May 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
5. "The Indian Express - Google News Archive Search".
6. "The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : No threat to Srisailam dam: Ponnala". hindu.com. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
7. "Dindi Dam D01935". Retrieved 10 July 2015.

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 on the Krishna River
• Krishna River
• Reservoirs in Telangana