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    International Conference on Dam Safety, 2023

    Dam Break Analysis of Annamayya Dam


    across Cheyyeru River, Andhra Pradesh
    by
    Ravi Pavadeppagol1,2, Dr. V.V.Srinivas1 and P.Raghuveer Rao1
    1Indian
    Institute of Science, Bangalore
    & 2Karnataka Power Corporation Limited, Bangalore
    ravipavadepp@iisc.ac.in, vvs@iisc.ac.in, prvrao@iisc.ac.in

    September 14th – 16th 2023, Jaipur, Rajasthan


    Study Area
    Annamayya Dam Details
    Pincha Dam (Upstream Dam)
    Cascading Dam failures
    Flash Floods of 19-November-2021
    After Flood Photos
    After Flood Photos
    Objectives

    • To review the design flood (PMF).

    • To investigate the cascading effects of upstream dam breaches


    on Annamayya dam.

    • To perform dam breach analysis and study the downstream


    effects.
    Methodology followed

    The Total Annamayya catchment


    is partitioned to five sub
    catchments.
    Distributed model is considered.
    The hydrograph of each sub-
    catchment is subjected to
    channel/reservoir routing.
    Various scenarios are considered
    considering two upstream dams
    for Annamayya dam breach
    analysis.
    Variation of Head for various scenarios
    Map showing villages affected by flood waters

    Annamayya Dam
    Summary
    • Annamayya dam failure can be a catastrophic event.

    • The upstream Pincha dam is found to have significant effect in inducing


    failure of the Annamayya dam under extreme weather condition.

    • The inundation on either side of the Cheyyeru river is expected to be


    significant and lives of nearly 71,000 people could get affected by flood
    waters.

    • The Nov-2021 floods took almost 33 lives, caused huge economic loss.
    Lessons drawn

    • How much cushion is sufficient to absorb the flood waters ?


    i. The dam failures happened in November, which was towards the
    end of the monsoon, so there may be a certain precaution if too
    much water is released, acute water shortage might result, in case
    it doesn’t rain against the rainfall predictions.

    ii. Heavy rains can happen anytime, so calculations to depict the


    “Flood Cushion” required for each rainfall alerts such as ( yellow,
    orange and red alerts) from IMD need to made.
    Lessons drawn

     Climate change a concern: Most of the dams in India (including the


    Annamayya dam) are constructed long back. Hence design checks
    with evolving methods considering climate change, rapid
    urbanisation and other factors is to be done.

     Cascading dam failure effects are severe. More studies in this regard
    needs to be done.

     Public awareness, warning time and rapid response is critical in


    saving lives during a dam failure emergency.
    International Conference on Dam Safety, 2023

    Thank You

    September 14th – 16th 2023, Jaipur, Rajasthan

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