About Nagarjuna Sagar Dam:
- It is the largest and highest masonry dam in the world built between the Nalgonda district of Telangana and the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh.
- Built across the Krishna River, it boasts of one of the largest networks of canal systems in the world.
- It derives its name from a nearby hillock and island called Nagarjunakonda, where an ancient Buddhist Guru had once lived.
- The dam has a storage capacity of nearly 11,472 million cubic meters.
- It is one of the earliest projects built in post-independence India for irrigation and hydroelectricity generation.
- The construction of the dam commenced in 1956 and was completed by 1967.
- This dam supports the national grid with its electric power.
- The dam plays a crucial role for irrigation in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
- As per the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, the Nagarjunasagar dam is controlled and supervised by Telangana.
