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1468:Ranga Reddy
1360:Chitradurga
1355:Chikmagalur
1264:Maharashtra
1131:Almatti Dam
1070:Osman Sagar
1035:Ghataprabha
1010:Almatti Dam
970:Tungabhadra
897:Ghataprabha
430:South India
356:connecting
256:Operational
226: /
202:Coordinates
1899:Categories
1621:Industries
1561:Vijayawada
1491:Ananthapur
1443:Karimnagar
1390:Kalaburagi
1370:Davanagere
1307:Sindhudurg
1234:Marathwada
1146:Kanher Dam
1045:Koil Sagar
1015:Bhadra dam
955:Panchganga
930:Mula-Mutha
925:Markandeya
920:Malaprabha
740:References
479:Vijayawada
386:Vijayawada
358:Vijayawada
339:/dashBoard
243:Irrigation
214:80°36′18″E
211:16°30′22″N
183:Vijayawada
68:newspapers
1864:Srisailam
1844:Hippagiri
1671:Transport
1597:Limestone
1546:Hyderabad
1438:Hyderabad
1430:Telangana
1322:Karnataka
1297:Ratnagiri
1287:Osmanabad
1256:districts
1239:Telangana
1224:Karnataka
1161:Munirabad
1105:Sunkesula
1050:Koyna Dam
980:Vedavathi
905:Indrayani
884:Dandavati
794:0971-751X
786:The Hindu
526:Capacity
1884:Prakasam
1770:Godavari
1594:Iron ore
1582:Dolomite
1531:Bagalkot
1511:Prakasam
1473:Warangal
1463:Nalgonda
1330:Bagalkot
1277:Kolhapur
1254:Riparian
1025:Dhom Dam
723:See also
560:1670 MW
304:Impounds
277:Owner(s)
179:Location
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1819:on the
1591:Granite
1536:Ballary
1506:Kurnool
1501:Krishna
1448:Khammam
1405:Shimoga
1400:Raichur
1375:Dharwad
1350:Bijapur
1340:Bellary
1335:Belgaum
1312:Solapur
1141:Joorala
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935:Munneru
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842:Krishna
799:5 March
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485:on the
382:barrage
323:Website
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239:Purpose
169:Country
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1524:Cities
1496:Guntur
1410:Tumkur
1395:Koppal
1385:Haveri
1302:Sangli
1229:Konkan
1136:Bhadra
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635:50 MW
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568:541.9
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418:Andhra
380:. The
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314:Length
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1345:Bidar
1282:Latur
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965:Tunga
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538:Dead
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509:MDDL
378:India
173:India
89:JSTOR
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1839:Dhom
1817:Dams
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1587:Gold
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