Thotapalli Barrage is located in Garugubilli Mandal,

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State. It was named after the freedom fighter and Political leader Sardar Gouthu Latchanna. The project construction was in between 2003 and 2015. This Project was inaugurated by

Chief Minister Nara Chandra babu Naidu on 10 September 2015. The Project provides irrigation to 1,20,000 acres in

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and Parvathipuram Manyam districts. In 1908, the old Thotapalli regulator was constructed across the

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with a 64,000 acres irrigation potential. The regulator was replaced by the current barrage which has a 2.51

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storage capacity and an additional 56,000 acres irrigation potential.

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