Telangana's historic irrigation marvels: Sadarmatt Anicut and Pedda Cheruvu endure through time
Deccan ChronicleHyderabad: Telangana boasts of historical irrigation structures that have played a critical role in providing irrigation to the communities as well as helped preventing floods. Sadarmatt anicut in Nirmal and Pedda Cheruvu in Kamareddy serve as examples and were listed as world heritage irrigation structures by the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage in August 2018. The 36,926 sq miles of the catchment area spreading in Nirmal and neighbouring Jagtial and Nizamabad districts has been intercepted by the huge Sriramsagar Project, rendering the anicut a seasonal irrigation tank. "It is one of the oldest tanks but with the construction of Sriramsagar, the water reaches the anicut only during rainy season," said Surender Rathod, deputy executive engineer, Sadarmatt project. “I am witness to these historical structures such as Saralasagar in Wanaparthy, Sadarmatt in Nirmal and Pedda Cheruvu in Kamareddy which, despite being over 150 years old, still provide water and livelihood to the communities.
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