Paper I · 8 Geography & Demography of Telangana · 8.2 Rivers and irrigation
8.2.2 Irrigation projects of Telangana: major, medium and minor, tanks and lift schemes
Telangana irrigates its fields from two river basins, the Godavari and the Krishna, through old Nizam-era dams, post-1956 multipurpose dams, a very large number of village tanks and, mostly since the early 2000s, giant lift schemes that pump river water uphill to the plateau.
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Key terms
- irrigation
- major medium minor
- command area
- Kaleshwaram
- Medigadda
- NDSA
- Sriram Sagar
- Nizam Sagar
- Nagarjuna Sagar
- SLBC
- Palamuru-Rangareddy
- Sitarama
- Devadula
- Mission Kakatiya
- KWDT
- KRMB
- GRMB
- lift irrigation
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