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The
Tungabhadra
Dam,
also
known
as
Pampa
Sagar,
is
constructed
across
the
Tungabhadra
River,
The
dam
is
in
Hosapete,
Vijayanagara
district
of
Karnataka.
It
is
a
multipurpose
dam
serving
irrigation,
electricity
generation,
flood
control,
etc.
This
is
a
joint
project
of
erstwhile
Hyderabad
state
and
erstwhile
Madras
Presidency
when
the
construction
was
started;later
it
became
a
joint
project
of
Karnataka
and
Andhra
Pradesh
after
its
completion
in
1953.
The
main
architect
of
the
dam
was
Vepa
Krishnamurthy,
ISE,
Engineer-in-Chief,
Hyderabad
State,
after
Police
Action,
an
engineer
from
Madras
PWD.
There
is
a
dispute
between
Andhra
Pradesh,
Telangana
and
Karnataka
for
the
water
of
Tungabhadra
reservoir.
He
argued
for
the
stability
and
longevity
of
the
Dam,
built
of
Surki
Mortar
viz
a
combination
of
mud
and
limestone.
Apart
from
Mullaperiyar
Dam,
it's
the
only
non-cement
dam
in
the
country
and
has
withstood
the
test
of
time
for
over
70
years,
and
may
well
cross
many
more
decades.
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