The Ryves canal has a length of 57.70 km and an anicut of 1,75,000 acres with a designed discharge of 4250 cusecs.

The government under East India Company constructed an anicut and canal system during 1852-55 to irrigate 5.80 lakh acres with an expenditure of Rs 0.772 million.

The anicut proposal was formulated and designed by Sir Arthur Cotton and carried out by Captain Charles Orr.

The anicut served for about 100 years and a major breach occurred in September 1952.

The canal is named after captain Joseph Gore Ryves, a british engineer who worked during construction of Krishna anicut.