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Dam in Andhra Pradesh, India

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Dam in Palnadu district, Andhra Pradesh

Pulichintala Project Pulichinthala Dam Interactive map of Pulichintala Project Official name K.L Rao Sagar Country India Location Pulichintala village, Bellamkonda, Palnadu district, Andhra Pradesh[1] Coordinates 16°45′15″N 80°03′24″E / 16.75417°N 80.05667°E / 16.75417; 80.05667 Purpose Irrigation & Water supply Construction began 08 August 2009 Opening date 7 December 2013 Construction cost 1850 crore rupees Owner Government of Andhra Pradesh Operator Andhra Pradesh Dam and spillways Impounds Krishna River Height 42.24 m Length 2,922 m Width (base) 31 m Spillway type Controlled Spillway capacity 10 lakh cusecs Reservoir Creates Pulichinthala Reservoir Total capacity 46 Tmcft Active capacity 36.23 Tmcft Catchment area 240,732 km2 Surface area 144 km2 Power Station Operator APGENCO[2] Commission date September 22, 2016 (2016-09-22) Hydraulic head 25 Meters Turbines 4 × 30 MW Kaplan turbine Installed capacity 120 MW Website irrigationap.cgg.gov.in/wrd/dashBoard

Project entrance

The **Pulichintala Project** is a multi-purpose [water management](/source/Water_management) project for [irrigation](/source/Irrigation), [hydropower generation](/source/Hydropower), and [flood control](/source/Flood_control) in the state of [Andhra Pradesh](/source/Andhra_Pradesh), [India](/source/India), named after the prominent civil engineer, [Kanuri Lakshmana Rao](/source/Kanuri_Lakshmana_Rao).[3][4] It is a crucial irrigation facility for farmers in four coastal districts: [West Godavari](/source/West_Godavari), [Krishna](/source/Krishna), [Guntur](/source/Guntur), [Palanadu](/source/Palanadu), and [Prakasam](/source/Prakasam_district), covering over 13 [lakh](/source/Lakh) [acres](/source/Acre). It has 24 gates and a balancing reservoir with a capacity of 46 [Tmcft](/source/Tmcft) at 175 feet (53 m) [MSL](/source/Mean_sea_level) full reservoir level (FRL).[3]

## History

In 1911, British engineer [Col. Ellis](/source/William_Henry_Ellis_(engineer)) proposed an irrigation project upstream of the [Prakasam Barrage](/source/Prakasam_Barrage). At the time, the [British government](/source/Colonial_India) showed little interest in the proposition.[5] Later,[*[when?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items)*] [5][6][7] It was the first project to start under the ambitious [Jalayagnam](/source/Jalayagnam) program in the year 2005.[8] Financial tie-up commenced in 2009.

On 7 December 2013, the project was ready for a trial run,[9] and it started impounding water in August 2014.[10] It was fully completed in September 2018.[11] The total cost of the project exceeded Rs.1850 crores.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## Project

The irrigation facility is in the Pulichintala village, located in the [Palnadu district](/source/Palnadu_district) near the [Krishna River](/source/Krishna_River).[12] It is between the [Vykuntapuram barrage](/source/Vykuntapuram_barrage) (near [Amaravati](/source/Amaravati)) and the [Nagarjuna Sagar dam](/source/Nagarjuna_Sagar_dam).[13] It has a 30 [Tmcft](/source/Tmcft) live storage capacity to impound river floodwaters generated from the [catchment area](/source/Catchment_area) located downstream of [Nagarjuna Sagar Tail Pond](/source/Nagarjuna_Sagar_tail_pond). The project reservoir provides a water supply to the downstream [Prakasam Barrage](/source/Prakasam_Barrage) that then can be sent out through the [Pattiseema](/source/Pattiseema) lift/[Polavaram](/source/Polavaram_Project) irrigation canal during monsoon months.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

The Vellatur lift irrigation scheme (constructed near [16°42′44″N 80°00′29″E / 16.71222°N 80.00806°E / 16.71222; 80.00806 (Pulichintala lift scheme)](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Pulichinthala_Project&params=16_42_44_N_80_00_29_E_&title=Pulichintala+lift+scheme)), irrigates 13,000 acres in the [Nalgonda district](/source/Nalgonda_district). It draws water from the Pulichintala reservoir.[14] The lift can pump water from 120 feet (37 m) MSL when the reservoir's gross storage is as low as 4 Tmcft. The proposed [Yadadri Thermal Power Plant](/source/Yadadri_Thermal_Power_Plant) would also draw water from the reservoir.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## Godavari Penna River Linking

Main article: [Vykuntapuram barrage](/source/Vykuntapuram_barrage)

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The Godavari Penna River linking project was constructed to stabilize the existing irrigated area under the [Nagarjuna Sagar right canal](/source/Nagarjuna_Sagar_Dam). The new lift would have greenfield alignment, and its first phase consists of five-step ladder pumping stages that transfer 7,000 [cusecs](/source/Cubic_foot) of [Godavari River](/source/Godavari_River) water from [Prakasam Barrage](/source/Prakasam_Barrage) to deliver 73 Tmcft of Godavari water into the Nagarjuna Sagar right canal near [Nekarikallu](/source/Nekarikallu).[*[clarification needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify)*]

With FRL 25M the newly created [Vykuntapuram Barrage](/source/Vykuntapuram_barrage) pond will have backwaters beyond [Pokkunuru](/source/Pokkunuru) up to the toe of the Pulichinthala Project. It is more economical to construct the first stage pump house to lift water from the Prakasam Barrage backwater into the newly created Vykuntapuram Barrage pond and the second Lift stage from the Vykuntapuram Barrage pond to the existing [K.L Rao Sagar](/source/KLRao_Sagar_multipurpose_irrigation_project) Pulichintala Project and later lift Stages from K.L Rao Sagar to [Nagarjuna Sagar](/source/Nagarjuna_Sagar_Dam) right canal. It will shorten the length of this lift project canal, Pressure Main and fewer lift stages and also enable to lift of water up to [Srisailam Project](/source/Srisailam_Dam) via the existing [Reversible Reverse turbine](/source/Francis_turbine) pump houses in [Nagarjuna Sagar Dam](/source/Nagarjuna_Sagar_Dam) and its [tail pond project](/source/Nagarjuna_Sagar_tail_pond). It is even more economical if the construction of a new gravity canal from [Ibrahimpatnam](/source/Ibrahimpatnam_mandal%2C_NTR_district) to Vykuntapuram Barrage pond to deliver the [Polavaram right main canal](/source/Polavaram_Project)/ [Budameru diversion canal](/source/Budameru_Rivulet) waters directly into the Vykuntapuram barrage pond since Polavaram right main canal level is 33 m MSL at Ambapuram hill near [Vijayawada](/source/Vijayawada).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

A low-level, lift canal from the Krishna river located near [16°42′50″N 80°08′24″E / 16.71389°N 80.14000°E / 16.71389; 80.14000](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Pulichinthala_Project&params=16_42_50_N_80_08_24_E_type:landmark_region:IN-AP) at 20 metres (66 ft) MSL downstream of [Pulichintala](/source/Pulichintala) dam will be executed to feed [Godavari](/source/Godavari_River) water diverted from Polavaram Dam to some of the existing command area (situated below 60 m MSL) under Nagarjuna Sagar right bank canal to facilitate the extension of Nagarjuna Sagar right bank canal connecting [Kandaleru](/source/Kandaleru_Dam) feeder canal / [Somasila Dam](/source/Somasila_Dam) reservoir serving irrigation needs in [Prakasam](/source/Prakasam_district), [Potti Sriramulu Nellore](/source/Nellore_district) and [Chittur](/source/Chittur_district) districts including [Chennai drinking water supply](/source/Telugu_Ganga_project). A branch from this lift canal is also extended up to Pulichinthala dam (FRL 53.34 m MSL) to store Godavari water in Pulichintala reservoir during drought years and to irrigate lowlands along the [Krishna river](/source/Krishna_River) up to Pulichintala dam.[15]

## See also

- [Nagarjuna Sagar tail pond](/source/Nagarjuna_Sagar_tail_pond)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["K L Rao Sagar"](https://irrigationap.cgg.gov.in/wrd/static/approjects/KLRaoProject.html). Ap Irrigation Department. 12 January 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Status of Hydro Electric Projects under Execution for 12th Plan & beyond"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140715003433/http://www.cea.nic.in/reports/proj_mon/status_he_execution.pdf) (PDF). Archived from [the original](http://www.cea.nic.in/reports/proj_mon/status_he_execution.pdf) (PDF) on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:1_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:1_3-1) ["Pulichintala D06327"](http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Pulichintala_D06327). Retrieved 30 June 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["'Father of Irrigation' K.L. Rao remembered on his 121st birth anniversary in Andhra University in Visakhapatnam"](https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/father-of-irrigation-kl-rao-remembered-on-his-121st-birth-anniversary-in-andhra-university-in-visakhapatnam/article67083992.ece). *The Hindu*. 15 July 2023. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0971-751X](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0971-751X). Retrieved 23 October 2024.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_5-1) Jonathan, P. Samuel (8 December 2013). ["Pulichantala dedicated to nation"](https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/pulichantala-dedicated-to-nation/article5434456.ece). *The Hindu*. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0971-751X](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0971-751X). Retrieved 14 July 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Rao, K. L. (1978). [*Cusecs Candidate: Memoirs of an Engineer*](https://books.google.com/books?id=850aAAAAMAAJ). Metropolitan. p. 31.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Pulichintala project to water Prakasam barrage ayacut - Times of India"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131127183600/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-01-07/hyderabad/27123919_1_prakasam-barrage-pulichintala-krishna-delta). *[The Times of India](/source/The_Times_of_India)*. Archived from [the original](http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-01-07/hyderabad/27123919_1_prakasam-barrage-pulichintala-krishna-delta) on 27 November 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["KLRao Sagar Pulichintala Project"](https://irrigationap.cgg.gov.in/wrd/static/approjects/KLRaoProject.html).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Pulichintala project on August 15"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130715033948/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130710/news-politics/article/pulichintala-project-august-15). *[Deccan Chronicle](/source/Deccan_Chronicle)*. Archived from [the original](http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130710/news-politics/article/pulichintala-project-august-15) on 15 July 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Engineers complete trial run of Pulichintala Project"](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Engineers-complete-trial-run-of-Pulichintala-Project/articleshow/40313223.cms). *[The Times of India](/source/The_Times_of_India)*. 16 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** [*AP Govt Plans to Develop Pulichintala Project as Tourist Place | Pulichintala Project | AP24x7*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdKT0BimzXI), retrieved 19 January 2020

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Pulichintala project progress report, APGenCo"](http://www.apgenco.gov.in/viewHTMLpage.asp?lfile=uploadedfiles/Pulichinthala.htm). Retrieved 15 May 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** Srinivas, Rajulapudi (14 February 2019). ["Naidu lays foundation stone for barrage across Krishna"](https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/naidu-lays-foundation-stone-for-barrage-across-krishna/article26265021.ece). *The Hindu*. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0971-751X](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0971-751X). Retrieved 1 March 2019.

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## External links

- [Pulichintala project to water Prakasam barrage ayacut](https://web.archive.org/web/20131127183600/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-01-07/hyderabad/27123919_1_prakasam-barrage-pulichintala-krishna-delta)

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