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The Pulichintala Project is a multi-purpose
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project for
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, hydropower generation, and
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in the state of
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. It is a crucial irrigation facility for farmers in four coastal districts: West Godavari,
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, and Prakasam, covering over 13
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s. It has 24 gates and a balancing reservoir with a capacity of 46
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at MSL full reservoir level (FRL).


History

In 1911, British engineer Col. Ellis proposed an irrigation project upstream of the
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 l ...
. At the time, the
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showed little interest in the proposition. Later, the
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led the push for the Pulichintala Project with the help of
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and K.L Rao. It was the first project to start under the ambitious
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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 project was ready for a trial run, and it started impounding water in August 2014. It was fully completed in September 2018. The total cost of the project exceeded Rs.1850 crores.


Project

The irrigation facility is in the Pulichintala village, located in the
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 po ...
near the Krishna River. It is between the
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 ...
(near
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) and the
Nagarjuna Sagar dam Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is a masonry dam across the Krishna River at Nagarjuna Sagar which straddles the border between Nalgonda district in Telangana and Palnadu district in Andhra Pradesh. The dam provides irrigation water to the Nalgonda, Surya ...
. It has a 30
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live storage capacity to impound river floodwaters generated from the
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located downstream of
Nagarjuna Sagar Tail Pond Nagarjuna Sagar tail pond is a multipurpose reservoir located 21 km downstream from the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam across the Krishna River near Satrasala in Nalgonda district, India. Its gross water storage capacity is 6 Tmcft. The reservoir w ...
. The project reservoir provides a water supply to the downstream
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 l ...
that then can be sent out through the
Pattiseema Pattiseema is a village in Polavaram mandal of East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located on the bank of the River Godavari. It is a site of historical importance for Hindus. Famous temple named Sri Veerabhadra Swamy Temple i ...
lift/
Polavaram Polavaram may refer to: * Polavaram, Eluru district, a village in Andhra Pradesh * Polavaram, Krishna district, a village in Andhra Pradesh * I. Polavaram, East Godavari district, a village in Andhra Pradesh * I. Polavaram mandal, the mandal contai ...
irrigation canal during monsoon months. The Vellatur lift irrigation scheme (constructed near ), irrigates 13,000 acres in the
Nalgonda district Nalgonda district is a district in the Telangana state of India. Nalgonda district has the highest number of mandals in the state with 31 mandals. The district shares boundaries with Suryapet, Rangareddy, Yadadri and Nagarkurnool districts ...
. It draws water from the Pulichintala reservoir. The lift can pump water from MSL when the reservoir's gross storage is as low as 4 Tmcft. The proposed
Yadadri Thermal Power Plant Yadadri Thermal Power Plant or Yadadri TPS is an upcoming 4000 megawatt, supercritical thermal power project coming up at Dameracherla, Nalgonda district in Telangana, India. The project is second largest in South India, at a cost of ₹25,099 c ...
would also draw water from the reservoir.


Godavari Penna River Linking

The Godavari Penna River linking project was constructed to stabilize the existing irrigated area under the Nagarjuna Sagar right canal. The new lift would have greenfield alignment, and its first phase consists of five-step ladder pumping stages that transfer 7,000 cusecs of
Godavari River The Godavari (IAST: ''Godāvarī'' od̪aːʋəɾiː is India's second longest river after the Ganga river and drains into the third largest basin in India, covering about 10% of India's total geographical area. Its source is in Trimbakeshw ...
water from
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 l ...
to deliver 73 Tmcft of Godavari water into the Nagarjuna Sagar right canal near Nekarikallu. With FRL 25M the newly created
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 ...
pond will have backwaters beyond
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 ...
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 Pulichintala Project and later lift Stages from K.L Rao Sagar to
Nagarjuna Sagar Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is a masonry dam across the Krishna River at Nagarjuna Sagar which straddles the border between Nalgonda district in Telangana and Palnadu district in Andhra Pradesh. The dam provides irrigation water to the Nalgonda, Surya ...
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 via the existing Reversible Reverse turbine pump houses in
Nagarjuna Sagar Dam Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is a masonry dam across the Krishna River at Nagarjuna Sagar which straddles the border between Nalgonda district in Telangana and Palnadu district in Andhra Pradesh. The dam provides irrigation water to the Nalgonda, Surya ...
and its tail pond project. It is even more economical if the construction of a new gravity canal from
Ibrahimpatnam Ibrahimpatnam (known locally as IBM) is a part of Vijayawada in NTR district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is also the mandal headquarters of Ibrahimpatnam mandal. Dr Narla Tata Rao Thermal Power Station, one of the major Thermal p ...
to Vykuntapuram Barrage pond to deliver the Polavaram right main canal/ Budameru diversion canal waters directly into the Vykuntapuram barrage pond since Polavaram right main canal level is 33 m MSL at Ambapuram hill near
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. A low-level, lift canal from the Krishna river located near at MSL downstream of
Pulichintala 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: W ...
dam will be executed to feed
Godavari The Godavari ( IAST: ''Godāvarī'' od̪aːʋəɾiː is India's second longest river after the Ganga river and drains into the third largest basin in India, covering about 10% of India's total geographical area. Its source is in Trimbakesh ...
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 feeder canal / Somasila Dam reservoir serving irrigation needs in Prakasam, Potti Sriramulu Nellore and
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districts including Chennai drinking water supply. 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 up to Pulichintala dam.


See also

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Nagarjuna Sagar tail pond Nagarjuna Sagar tail pond is a multipurpose reservoir located 21 km downstream from the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam across the Krishna River near Satrasala in Nalgonda district, India. Its gross water storage capacity is 6 Tmcft. The reservoir w ...


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