The River Nagavali also known as Langulya is one of the main rivers of Southern

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and

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, between Rushikulya and

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basins.

Origin and course

Nagavali River originates from a hill near Lakhbahal village in

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block of

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District. It touches Nakrundi, Kerpai areas of Kalahandi, Kalyansinghpur, Jaykaypur, and Rayagada of

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district of

and merges in Bay of Bengal near Kallepalli village near Srikakulam after crossing by the side of Srikakulam of

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. It is an independent river with its own basin. The total length of the river is about , of which are in Odisha and the rest in Andhra Pradesh. The catchment area of the basin is . Nagavali is an interstate river with and river basin area located in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh respectively. The river basin receives average rainfall annually. The yearly water availability in the river basin at Narayanapuram barrage is 1.117 billion cubic meters on average. The uplands of the river basin are hilly areas with predominantly tribal populated. It drains parts of the Kalahandi, Rayagada and Koraput districts of Odisha and

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districts of

Tributaries

The main tributaries of the River Nagavali are Jhanjavati, Barha, Baldiya, Satnala, Sitagurha, Srikona, Gumudugedda, Vottigedda, Suvarnamukhi, Vonigedda, Relligedda and Vegavati. The Suvarnamukhi river takes its birth in the hills of Salur mandal and takes an eastern direction and finally join the Nagavali at Sangam village in Vangara mandal of

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. Vegavathi originates in pachipenta hills of

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Mandal. *Vegavathi River takes its origin in the

hills in

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. It is a tributary to the Suvarnamukhi, which in turn is a tributary to River Nagavali. Salur town and Paradhi are located on the banks of this river. There are two

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s at these places.

Towns and cities

* Jaykaypur: Nagavali river flows near to Jaykaypur. It has been one of the major source of water for companies like JK Paper Limited, a company of JK Organization. *

town and district headquarters of Rayagada district of Odisha, River Nagavali flows in outskirts of the town. *

town, the district headquarters in

: River Nagavali flows through Srikakulam town and meets the sea at Kallepalli and Bonthalakoduru villages, 5 kilometers far from Srikakulam town. * Hatipathar, near

: There are two waterfalls on the course of River Nagavali. The boulders here appear in a way that look like huge elephants.

Irrigation projects

*Jhanjavati Project is located at Rajyalaxmipuram village in Komarada mandal of

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on Jhanjavati, a tributary of River Nagavali. It is a rubber dam and first of its kind in Andhra Pradesh and

and the biggest in

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. It is aimed to utilize 4 TMC of available water and to irrigate / stabilize a total ayacut of in Parvathipuram Manyam District. It was dedicated to the nation on 1 January 2006 by Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy. The rubber dam was installed on a concrete plate in technical collaboration with Hydro-Construct of

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. However, the prior agreement between

and Andhra Pradesh on this project permits to increase the maximum reservoir level submerging Odisha area up to msl. This dispute is unsettled till now preventing the use of the project's full irrigation potential for the last 20 years due to the 0.6

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reservoir storage capacity against 4 tmcft planned storage. Andhra Pradesh wants to resolve the issue by constituting Nagavali water dispute tribunal under the

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as the dispute is not getting settled by negotiations between the two states. *

Thotapalli Barrage Thotapalli Barrage is located in Garugubilli, Garugubilli Mandal, Parvathipuram Manyam district of Andhra Pradesh State. It was named after the freedom fighter and political leader Gouthu Latchanna. The bridge was built in between 2003 and 2015 ...

is located on Nagavali River at village Thotapalli in

and presently being upgraded as barrage. *Madduvalasa Reservoir is located at Madduvalasa village in Vangara mandal of

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. It is built across the Maddigedda tributary. The project is started in 1977 and provides water for of land for cultivation. *Vengalaraya Sagar with twin reservoirs to supply irrigation water, is located on Suvarnamukhi sub-tributary in the upstream of Madduvalasa Reservoir. *Peddagadda reservoir is also located on Peddagadda sub-tributary in the upstream of Madduvalasa Reservoir. *Narayanapuram barrage is located in Burja mandal of

across Nagavali River. *Vamsadhara and Nagavali inter link canal is a long gravity canal planned to inter link the

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and Nagavali Rivers. It will run from Hiramandalam reservoir to Narayanapuram barrage near Amudalavalasa and bring an additional of ayacut under irrigation using 10

of water from Vamsadhara basin.

Pumped storage hydropower projects

Nearly 9200 MW capacity pumped-storage hydropower plants can be installed using the existing reservoirs to meet the renewable and green power needs of the Uttara Andhra region.

References

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20070101035619/http://vizianagaram.ap.nic.in/ *https://web.archive.org/web/20071008221928/http://nwda.gov.in/writereaddata/sublink2images/104.pdf {{Coord, 18, 13, N, 83, 56, E, display=title, region:IN_type:river_source:GNS-enwiki Rivers of Odisha Rivers of Andhra Pradesh Inter-state disputes in India Uttarandhra