Himayat Sagar

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Himayat Sagar
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Official name	Himayat Sagar
Country	India
Location	Ranga Reddy, Telangana, India
Coordinates	17°18′N 78°21′E / 17.300°N 78.350°E / 17.300; 78.350
Purpose	Multi-purpose
Status	Operational
Construction began	1920
Opening date	1927; 97 years ago (1927)
Construction cost	₹ 93 Lakh (As on 1920's)
Owner(s)	Government of Telangana
Operator(s)	Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Barrage
Impounds	Esi River – a tributary of Musi
Height (foundation)	33.832 meters
Height (thalweg)	4.572 meters
Length	2.255 kilometers
Elevation at crest	537.514 meters
Spillways	17 Gates
Spillway capacity	1,60,000 cusecs
Reservoir
Creates	Himayat Sagar
Total capacity	2.967 Tmc ft (Reduced capacity due to silt accumulation); 4.251 Tmc ft (During 1927)
Catchment area	688.937 Sq. Km
Surface area	19.6839 Sq. Km

Himayat Sagar is an artificial lake about 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Hyderabad in the Ranga Reddy district of Telangana, India. It lies parallel to a larger artificial lake Osman Sagar. The storage capacity of the reservoir is 2.9 tmc ft.^[1]