title: Saraswati Barrage
text: # Saraswati Barrage
  
  The Saraswati Barrage, also known as the Annaram Barrage is an irrigation project on Godavari River located at Annaram Village, Mahadevpur Mandal, Jayashankar Bhupalpally district in Telangana State, India.
  
  This is the second point and one of the barrages proposed in Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project which envisages construction of three barrages between Yellampalli and Medigadda.
  
  Proposed Annaram Barrage details:
  
  | Barrage | Bed level (m) | Pond Level (m) | Gross Storage (TMC) | Number of Gates |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Annaram Barrage | 107.0 | 120.0 | 11.9 | 66 |
  
  ## Project info
  
  Annaram Barrage foundation was laid by First Chief Minister of Telangana, K.Chandrashekar Rao on 2 May 2016.
  
  The project started by Telangana government as part of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Schema to irrigate the 18.5 lakh acres of new land and stabilize 11.8 lakh (1,118,000) acres (480,000 ha) of existing irrigated land.
  
  