Kandaleru Dam
Kandeleru Dam is an irrigation project built on the Kandaleru River in Rapur Mandal, Nellore district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.[1] 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.[2] The Telugu Ganga project provides irrigation.
Design
It is an earth dam about 12 km long. Gross storage capacity is 72 billion cubic feet.[3] 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.
See also
References
- ^ "Bringing water from Somasila dam to Kandaleru not possible", The Hindu, 23 June 2000
- "Water release from Kandaleru dam begins", The Hindu, 16 August 2006
- "Kandaleru water may reach State today ", The Hindu, 16 February 2004 - ^ "Kandaleru Balancing Reservoir D05565". Retrieved 30 June 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Kandaleru Dam D05565". Retrieved 9 July 2015.
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