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 reservoir.[4] The Telugu Ganga project also provides irrigation with its canals in Andhra Pradesh. This is the largest earth dam about 12km. Storage capacity of the dam is 60tmc.

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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.

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

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