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Kandaleru Dam

Kandeleru Dam is an irrigation project built on the Kandaleru River, a tributary of Penna, in Rapur Mandal, Nellore district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The project is part of the Telugu Ganga project that supplies drinking water to Chennai city from the Srisailam reservoir on Krishna River. Kandaleru reservoir is mainly fed by a link canal from Somasila Dam. The Telugu Ganga project provides irrigation. It is nearly 57 Kilometers from the District Head Quarters.

Design

It is an earth dam about 12 km long. Gross storage capacity is 72 billion cubic feet. The dam includes a head regulator, spillway and a sundial. The lead engineer was Shri Gudimella Raghupathi who designed and built the sundial in the dam.

References

References

  1. [https://archive.today/20130125103821/http://www.hindu.com/2000/06/23/stories/04234019.htm "Bringing water from Somasila dam to Kandaleru not possible"], ''The Hindu'', 23 June 2000
    - [https://web.archive.org/web/20071205045148/http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/16/stories/2006081616490300.htm "Water release from Kandaleru dam begins"], ''The Hindu'', 16 August 2006
    - [https://web.archive.org/web/20040503005308/http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/16/stories/2004021604730100.htm "Kandaleru water may reach State today "], ''The Hindu'', 16 February 2004
  2. (February 2020). "Kandaleru Balancing Reservoir D05565".
  3. "Kandaleru Dam D05565".
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