{"id":25811,"date":"2026-05-18T12:43:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=25811"},"modified":"2026-05-18T16:28:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T10:58:05","slug":"tungabhadra-dam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/tungabhadra-dam\/","title":{"rendered":"Tungabhadra Dam"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Tungabhadra Dam Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nearly two years after Gate No. 19 was washed away, the historic Tungabhadra Dam near Hosapete stands renewed with all 33 crest gates replaced. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Tungabhadra Dam<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tungabhadra Dam, also known as <\/span><b>Pampa Sagar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is constructed across the <\/span><b>Tungabhadra River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a<\/span><b> tributary of the Krishna <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">River.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located in Hosapete, Ballari District of <\/span><b>Karnataka<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The dam is about 49.5 meters in height and has about 33 crest gates.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The dam\u2019s <\/span><b>construction started<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as a <\/span><b>joint project between<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>erstwhile Hyderabad State and Madras Presidency.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It<\/span><b> became a joint project of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh later<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which saw its completion in 1953.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><b> multipurpose dam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> serving irrigation, electricity generation, flood control, etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The dam creates a <\/span><b>huge water reservoir<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the river with a gross capacity of 101 tmc ft at full reservoir level.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> left canals<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the dam <\/span><b>serve irrigation in Karnataka <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">only, whereas the <\/span><b>right canals serve parts of Karnataka and areas in the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Tungabhadra reservoir and the Mullaperiyar dam in Kerala<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hold the unique distinction of being the <\/span><b>only two reservoirs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the country that were <\/span><b>built using a combination of mud and limestone.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Key Facts about Tungabhadra River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>largest tributary of the Krishna<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> River.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It flows through the states of<\/span><b> Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It derives its name from <\/span><b>two stream<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s viz., the <\/span><b>Tunga<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, about 147 km long, and the <\/span><b>Bhadra<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, about 178 km long, which <\/span><b>rise in the Western Ghats.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river, after the <\/span><b>confluence of the two streams<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> near Shimoga, runs for about <\/span><b>531 km <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">till it <\/span><b>joins river Krishna<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at Sangamaleshwaram in <\/span><b>Andhra Pradesh.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It runs for 382 km in Karnataka, forms the boundary between Karnataka and Pradesh for 58 km and further runs for the next 91 km in Andhra Pradesh.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>influenced chiefly by the West monsoon.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Major Tributaries: Varada River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Hagari <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Vedathy) River.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Major Dams:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The <\/span><b>Tunga Anicut Dam,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>Bhadra Dam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b>Hemavathy Dam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the <\/span><b>Tungabhadra Dam.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/karnataka\/from-collapse-to-comeback-tungabhadra-dam-in-karnataka-gets-new-lease-of-life\/article70958961.ece#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tungabhadra Dam, also known as Pampa Sagar, is constructed across the Tungabhadra River, a tributary of the Krishna River. 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