Nagarjuna Sagar Dam Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is one of the largest dams built in
Asia, located between the cities of
Guntur and
Hyderabad in
Andhra Pradesh (
India). It is built on the
Krishna River between
Guntur and
Nalgonda districts. It is one of the earliest
hydro-electric projects of India.Nagarjuna dam, which was completed in
1969, is 124 metres high and 1 km long, and has 26 crest gates. The lake behind it is the third-largest man-made lake in the world. This dam is said to be the World's largest
masonry dam.Of late, the inflows into the reservoir have been reduced due to the increased number of projects which have been built upstream.
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