Upper Manair Dam

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Upper Manair Dam
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Official name	اوپر مانیر ڈیم Upper Manair Dam
Location	Rajanna Sircilla district, Telangana, India
Coordinates	18°16′13″N 78°32′40″E / 18.27028°N 78.54444°E / 18.27028; 78.54444
Construction began	1943 (by Nizam)
Opening date	1950; 75 years ago (1950)
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Manair River and Kudlair River
Height	31 metres (102 ft) from river level
Length	9,201 metres (30,187 ft)
Reservoir
Creates	Upper Manair Reservoir
Total capacity	62,387,000 m3 (50,578 acre⋅ft)
Active capacity	61,439,000 m3 (49,809 acre⋅ft)[1]
Surface area	15.3 km2 (5.9 sq mi)

The Upper Manair Dam (Urdu: اوپر مانیر ڈیم) is a dam on the Manair River, at Narmal Village, Gambhiraopet mandal, Rajanna Sircilla district, Telangana by Nizam.^[2]

Situated at narmala village, rajanna sircilla district. Foundation stone laid in 1943 by Nizam of Hyderabad State presented by Janab Shaikhaan Sahab . Back water present mainly in Lachapet, Srigadha and Kollamaddi. Across the back water at srigadha bridge is constructed in the year 2018 and opened by minister Sri Kalvakuntla taraka ramarao