శ్రీశైలం ఆనకట్టని ఏ సంవత్సరంలో ప్రారంభించారు ?
The Srisailam project began in 1960, initially as a power project. After several delays, the main dam was finally completed twenty years later in 1980 July 26. In the meantime the project was converted into a multipurpose facility with a generating capacity of by its second stage which was completed in 1987. The dam is to provide water for an estimated . Under the right bank branch canal in Kurnool and Kadapa districts will have assured irrigation. From the initial modest estimate of for a power project the total cost of the multipurpose project was estimated to cross in its enlarged form. The dam has alone cost together with the installation of four generating sets of each. The right bank branch canal is estimated to cost and the initial investment of has been provided by the World Bank. The projected cost-benefit ratio of the project has been worked out at 1:1.91 at 10% interest on capital outlay.. In 1998 a coffer dam was over topped by flooding. The power house required repairs and did not generate power for a year. On 2 October 2009, Srisailam dam experienced a record inflow which threatened the dam.
1980 July 26