The Balimela dam is located in Malkangiri district, Odisha, India on the river Sileru which is a tributary of the Godavari River. The gross storage capacity of Balimela reservoir is 3610 million cubic meters.Andhra Pradesh (AP) and Odisha states entered into agreements to construct Balimela dam as a joint project and share the Sileru river waters available equally at Balimela dam site. Odisha developed the 360 MW (6 \u00d7 60 MW units) power house by diverting the Balimela waters to the Potteru sub-river basin. A barrage at Surlikonda across the Potteru stream was constructed to redirect the discharge from Balimela Power House into two main canals for irrigation; one on the right side named Tamasha Main Canal and the second on the left side named Gompakonda Main Canal. These two canals were constructed under the Potteru Irrigation Project for irrigation in Malkangiri district, the most backward district of the state and thereby lifting the living standard of the inhabitants. Two more power generation units 75 MW each were added under stage-2 to increase the installed capacity up to 510 MW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The share of Andhra Pradesh from the available water in the Belimela is released downstream into the river for generating hydro electricity located at Upper Sileru, Donkarai and lower Sileru Hydro power stations ultimately utilizing the water for irrigation in the Godavari delta during dry season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Official name<\/strong> \u2013 Balimela Dam Baiguda Village, Malkangiri District, 764052 Odisha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The climate is tropical with the rainfall is due to the South West monsoon.Summer – March to May<\/strong><\/strong>Average Minimum Temperature – 36\u00b0 CAverage Minimum Temperature – 24\u00b0 CAverage Precipitation – 40 mmMonsoon – June to October<\/strong><\/strong>Average Minimum Temperature – 32\u00b0 CAverage Minimum Temperature – 25\u00b0 CAverage Precipitation – 220 mmSummer – March to May<\/strong><\/strong>Average Minimum Temperature – 28\u00b0 CAverage Minimum Temperature – 17\u00b0 CAverage Precipitation – 23 mm<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Mobile range info:<\/strong> Rail – <\/strong>Malkangiri is not connected at all. Nearest Major Railway Stations are Koraput Railway Station, Jeypore, and Jagdalpur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Road – <\/strong>Malkangiri district is a very remote part of Odisha. It is connected through Jeypore-Motu Highway and Govindpalli-Sileru Road. So, You will easily get regular buses to Malkangiri from other major cities of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Air –<\/strong> Nearest airport at Vishakhapatnam- 322 km. via Koraput, Sunki, Vijayanagaram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n <\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" About Balimela Dam: The Balimela dam is located in Malkangiri district, Odisha, India on the river Sileru which is a tributary of the Godavari River. The gross storage […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5363"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5365,"href":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5363\/revisions\/5365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holidaylandmark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Impounds<\/strong> \u2013 Sileru River
Locale<\/strong> – Malkangiri
Maintained & Operated by<\/strong> – Department of Water Resources
Length<\/strong> \u2013 \u200e1,821 m
Height<\/strong> – 70 m
Opening date<\/strong> \u2013 1977
Construction Cost<\/strong> – 37.79 Crores
Capacity<\/strong> \u2013 2,675 million m3
Catchment area<\/strong> – \u200e4,910 km2
Surface area<\/strong> \u2013 \u200e184.53 km2
Geographical Data (Location of map)<\/strong> – 18.142147,82.122476<\/p>\n\n\n\nLocation information Balimela Dam:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Malkangiri is the only place in Malkangiri District where 3G internet facility is available. There are no places with in 50 KM range of Malkangiri where 3G connectivity is available. 3G internet in Malkangiri is provided by BSNL.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHow to reach Balimela Dam?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Petrol Pump
Motu Road Jaynagar Malkangiri \u00b7 094370 94409
Open until 11:00 Pm<\/li>
Petrol Pump
099378 75610<\/li>
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Telephone No. 06861-230325(Office)
94389-16820(CUG Mob.)
FAX 06861-230370(Fax)
E-mail ID spmkg.orpol@nic.in<\/a>
Phone – 91 674 2432177, Fax – 91 674 2430887
E-mail: ortou@orissatourism.gov.in<\/a>Website:www.orissatourism.gov.in<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n