A barrage was built on the river at Dowleswaram was built by Sir Arthur Cotton during 1850. It was rebuilt as a barrange and roadway during 1980s and named after Sir Aruthur Cotton. The roadway connects Dowleswaram in East Godavari and Vijjeswaram in West Godavari. There is also a big dam on the Godavari River built just after the source of the river at Trimbakeshwar. The dam is in the town of Gangapur, which literally means a town on a river. The dam provides drinking water to the residents of Nashik and also supplies water to the thermal power station situated downstream at Eklahara which provides power to the town. There is another multipurpose project on the Godavari River named "Sriramsagarproject" in Nizamabad District. It is in the town of Pochampad, 60km away from Nizamabad. It irrigates 4 districts of Northern Telangana Region of Andhra Pradesh and supplies power.