Kandaleru Dam

Kandeleru Dam is an irrigation project built on the Kandaleru River in Rapur Mandal, Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh.[1][2][3] The project is part of the Telugu Ganga project which supplies drinking water to Chennai city from the Srisailam reservoir on Krishna River. Kandaleru reservoir is mainly fed by a link canal from the Somasila Dam.[4] The Telugu Ganga project also provides irrigation with its canals in Andhra Pradesh. it has an earth dam of about 12 km long. Gross storage capacity of the reservoir is 72 tmcft.[5]Major part of this Earth Dam,Head regulator,Spillway and a Sundial were Engineered by Shri Gudimella Raghupathi.

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References

  1. ↑ "Bringing water from Somasila dam to Kandaleru not possible", The Hindu, 23 June 2000
  2. ↑ "Water release from Kandaleru dam begins", The Hindu, 16 August 2006
  3. ↑ "Kandaleru water may reach State today ", The Hindu, 16 February 2004
  4. ↑ "Kandaleru Balancing Reservoir D05565". Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Kandaleru Dam D05565". Retrieved 9 July 2015.

Coordinates: 14°20′07″N 79°37′29″E / 14.33528°N 79.62472°E / 14.33528; 79.62472

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