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| Himayat Sagar | |
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 View of Himayat Sagar | |
  Himayat Sagar within Hyderabad  Himayat Sagar (India) | |
| Official name | Himayat Sagar |
| Country | India |
| Location | Ranga Reddy, Telangana, India |
| Coordinates | 17°18′N 78°21′E / 17.300°N 78.350°E |
| Purpose | Multi-purpose |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 1920 |
| Opening date | 1927 |
| Construction cost | ₹ 93 Lakh (As on 1920's) |
| Owner(s) | Government of Telangana |
| Operator(s) | Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Barrage |
| Impounds | Esi River – a tributary of Musi |
| Height (foundation) | 33.832 metres (111.00 ft) |
| Height (thalweg) | 4.572 metres (15.00 ft) |
| Length | 2.255 kilometres (1.401 mi) |
| Elevation at crest | 537.514 metres (1,763.50 ft) |
| Spillways | 17 Gates |
| Spillway capacity | 1,60,000 cusecs |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Himayat Sagar |
| Total capacity | 2.967 Tmc ft (Reduced capacity due to silt accumulation); 4.251 Tmc ft (During 1927) |
| Catchment area | 688.937 km2 (266.000 sq mi) |
| Surface area | 19.6839 km2 (7.6000 sq mi) |
Himayat Sagar is an artificial lake about 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Hyderabad in the Ranga Reddy district of Telangana, India. It lies parallel to a larger artificial lake called Osman Sagar. The storage capacity of the reservoir is 2.9 tmc ft.[1]
- ^ "Hyderabadis can bid goodbye to water woes". The Hindu. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.