The Nizam Sagar project was constructed across the Manjeera river at Achampet in Kamareddy district.
It is a huge masonry dam with a height of 110 feet and a width of 14 feet.
The maximum flood flow at the project site was estimated at 5,25,000 Cusecs. Nawab Ali Nawaj Jung initiated this project to mitigate the effects of droughts in Hyderabad state.
The construction of Nizam Sagar project was headed by then Nizam Nawab Mir Osman Ali Khan in 1923 near Bagepalli after evacuating 40 villages.
Its construction was completed in 1931 under the supervision of Nawab Ali Nawaj Jung Bahadur. Initially it was built with a storage capacity of 29.72 TMCs. But a hydrological survey conducted in 1972 revealed its capacity as 11.79 TMCs only. Its storage capacity decreased by 17.91 TMC due to the accumulation of silt.
The two canals ofNizam Sagar are- -1) Mahabubnagar Canal- Right canal Fatehnabár- Left canal. Benefiting mandals- Nizamsagar, Kotgir, Yedpally, Makloor, Jakranpally, Banswada, Varni, Nizamabad, Penjal, Velpoor, Birkoor, Bodhan, Dichpally, Nandipet, Balkonda (Nizamabad district).
This project was initiated depending on the surplus Manjeera water at Singur.
Aim of this project is to provide wáter to 2.75 lakh acres. Now water is being distributed to 2.31 lakh acres. Thís project got the name ‘Nizam Sagar’ due to its construction in Nizam’s rule.
Boating and a beautiful garden are present at the project to amuse the visitors.
