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Vykuntapuram
Vykuntapuram, also spelled as Vaikuntapuram, is a village in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Amaravathi mandal of Guntur revenue division. The village forms a part of Andhra Pradesh Capital Region, under the jurisdiction of APCRDA. Geography Vykuntapuram is situated to the east of the mandal headquarters, Amaravathi, at . It is spread over an area of . There is proposal to construct a new barrage on the Krishna river about 23 km upstream of existing Prakasam Barrage with FRL 25M to store 10 TMC of flood water flowing from Vyra, Munneru rivers. The back water of this barrage will extend beyond Pokkunuru up to the toe of Pulichintala dam. Andhra Pradesh Chief MinisterNara chandrababu Naidu Laid Foundation on 13 February 2019. Demographics Census of India, Vykuntapuram had a population of 3,128. The total population constitute, 1,578 males and 1,548 females —a sex ratio of 981 females per 1000 males. 356 children are i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vykuntapuram Barrage
Vykuntapuram Barrage is an Indian barrage and water storage project. It is under construction on Krishna River 23 kilometers upstream of existing Prakasam Barrage with FRL 25M. It is designed to store 10 TMC of flood water coming from the Vyra and Munneru rivers. The backwater of this dam will extend beyond Pokkunuru to the toe of Pulichintala dam. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara chandrababu Naidu laid the foundation stone for this project on 13 February 2019. Features Vykuntapuram Barrage features include: Godavari Penna River link To stabilize the existing irrigated area under Nagarjuna sagar right canal, a new lift project construction was started. The project was to provide five step pumping stages and a canal to transfer 7,000 cusecs of Godavari water from Prakasam barrage back waters into the canal near Nekarikallu. The first phase was expected to utilize 73 tmcft of Godavari water. Vykuntapuram Barrage backwaters stretch beyond Pokkunuru to the toe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulichinthala Project
The Pulichintala Project is a multi-purpose water management project for irrigation, hydropower generation, and flood control in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is a crucial irrigation facility for farmers in four coastal districts: West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, and Prakasam, covering over 13 lakh acres. It has 24 gates and a balancing reservoir with a capacity of 46 Tmcft at MSL full reservoir level (FRL). History In 1911, British engineer Col. Ellis proposed an irrigation project upstream of the Prakasam Barrage. At the time, the British government showed little interest in the proposition. Later, the Raja of Muktyala led the push for the Pulichintala Project with the help of Moturi Satyanarayana and K.L Rao. It was the first project to start under the ambitious Jalayagnam program in the year 2004. https://irrigationap.cgg.gov.in/wrd/static/approjects/KLRaoProject.html Financial tie-up happened in 2009 and commenced in 2009. On 7 December 2013, the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prakasam Barrage
The Prakasam Barrage stretches 1223.5 m across the Krishna River connecting Vijayawada, NTR and Mangalagiri Tadepalle Municipal Corporation, Guntur districts in Andhra Pradesh, India. The barrage serves also as a road bridge and spans over a lake. The three canals associated with the barrage run through the city of Vijayawada, crossing it and giving it a Venetian appearance. The idea of constructing a dam across the river Krishna dates back to 1798. It began in the hands of captain Buckle and was revised in 1839 and 1841 by Captain Best and Captain Lake. After the endorsement of Major Cotton, the board of Directors of the East India Company approved it on 5 January 1850. The dam was started in 1852 and completed in 1855. It cost Rs 1.75 crore in those days and seems to have paid the then government a return of 18%. It used to irrigate 7 lakh acres. Later, the State Government constructed a bridge that was named after Tanguturi Prakasam, the first Chief Minister of Andhra (a st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guntur District
Guntur district is one of the twenty six districts in the Coastal Andhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative seat of the district is located at Guntur, the largest city of the district in terms of area and with a population of 670,073. It has a coastline of approximately on the right bank of Krishna River, that separates it from Krishna district and NTR district. It is bounded on the south by Bapatla district and on the west by Palnadu district. It has an area of and with a population of 20,91,075 as per 2011 census of India. The district is often referred to as the ''Land of Chillies''. It is also a major centre for agriculture, education and learning. It exports large quantities of chillies and tobacco. Etymology The district derives its name from its district headquarters, Guntur. There are several opinions on the meaning and origin of the word Guntur. The word owes its origin to words like gundu (a rock), gunta (a pond) and kunta (1/3 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amaravathi Mandal, Andhra Pradesh
Amaravathi mandal is one of the 28 mandals in Palnadu district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is under the administration of Sattenapalli revenue division and the headquarters are located at Amaravathi. The mandal is located on the banks of Krishna River, at a distance 27 km from the district headquarters. It is bounded by Atchampet, Krosuru, Pedakurapadu, Tadikonda and Thullur mandals. Demographics census, the mandal had a population of 66,277. The total population constitute, 32,709 males and 33,568 females —a sex ratio of 1026 females per 1000 males. 6,894 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 3,450 are boys and 3,444 are girls. The average literacy rate stands at 48.45% with 37,507 literates. Government and politics Administration The mandal forms a part of the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region, under the jurisdiction of APCRDA. The present Mandal Praja Parishad (MPP) is Mekala Hanumatha Rao, MPDO is ''P.Madhuri'' and the tahs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amaravathi (village), Andhra Pradesh
Amaravathi is a village on the banks of the Krishna River, in the Palnadu district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Amaravathi mandal, and forms part of the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region with its headquarters at new Amaravati east, whose name is also borrowed from that of the older Amaravathi. Amaravathi was founded by Raja Vasireddy Venkatadri Nayudu in the 1790s as the new capital of his Zamindari estate. He moved there from his former capital Chintapalli in protest of alleged mistreatment by the British East India Company. Amaravathi is named after the ancient Amaravati Stupa, which was unearthed in the process of the town's construction. It is adjacent to the ancient Satavahana capital Dhanyakataka (now called Dharanikota). Amaralingeswara temple in the village is one of the Pancharama Kshetras for Hindus. The place was also a historic Buddhist site, as shown by the presence of Amaravati Stupa built during the second century BCE and the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian State
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions. History Pre-independence The Indian subcontinent has been ruled by many different ethnic groups throughout its history, each instituting their own policies of administrative division in the region. The British Raj mostly retained the administrative structure of the preceding Mughal Empire. India was divided into provinces (also called Presidencies), directly governed by the British, and princely states, which were nominally controlled by a local prince or raja loyal to the British Empire, which held ''de facto'' sovereignty (suzerainty) over the princely states. 1947–1950 Between 1947 and 1950 the territories of the princely states were politically integrated into the Indian union. Most were merged into existing provinces; others were organised into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Chief Ministers Of Andhra Pradesh
The chief minister of Andhra Pradesh is the chief executive of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, the state's governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.Durga Das Basu. ''Introduction to the Constitution of India''. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. . Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Andhra Pradesh as well. Since 1956, Andhra Pradesh has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pokkunuru
Pokkunuru is a village in Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Chandarlapadu mandal of Vijayawada revenue division. It is forms a part of Andhra Pradesh Capital Region. "Andhra Pithamaha" Madapati Hanumantha Rao (1885–1970) social reformer of Hyderabad was born in this village. Education The Primary School Education is Imparted by the Government School, Under the State School Education Department. Politics On 2013 Panchayat elections were conducted and Komati Prabhkarao is the present sarpanch from Telugu Desam Party. Demographics According to Indian census, 2001, the demographic details of this village is as follows: * Total Population: 1,949 in 442 Households. * Male Population: 989 * Female Population: 960 * Children Under 6-years of age: 244 (Boys – 125 and Girls – 119) * Total Literates: 1,217 References {{Reflist Villages in Krishna district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tmcft
Tmcft, (Tmc ft), (TMC), (tmc), is the abbreviation of thousand million cubic feet (1,000,000,000 = 109 = 1 billion), commonly used in India in reference to volume of water in a reservoir or river flow. Conversion 1 tmcft is equivalent to: * (approx) * 2,831 crore litres * 2.83168466×1010 litres * 2.83168466×107 cubic metres * 22,956.841139 acre feet * 6.228835459×109 imperial gallon The gallon is a unit of volume in imperial units and United States customary units. Three different versions are in current use: *the imperial gallon (imp gal), defined as , which is or was used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Austral ...s Alternatively, 35.32 tmcft = 1 cubic kilometer (km3) is the standard unit used by Central Water Commission of Government of India for reporting gross and effective storage capacities of dams in India in National Register of Large Dams (NRLD). The amount of water that can be discharged through a conduit per second in a cubic foot is described as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipal Administration And Urban Development Department, Andhra Pradesh ...
Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department is one of the governing body of Government of Andhra Pradesh for the purpose of planning and development of urban areas and civic governance. It is headed by Adimulapu Suresh, the cabinet minister of Andhra Pradesh. The present ''Principal Secretary'' is ''Y. Srilakshmi''. The organization comprises 12 departments. They are: References {{Reflist State agencies of Andhra Pradesh Local government in Andhra Pradesh Government departments of Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
