Pothireddypadu Reservoir

Veligodu Balancing Reservoir
Location Velgode, Kurnool district
Coordinates 15°43′28″N 78°35′33″E / 15.72444°N 78.59250°E / 15.72444; 78.59250Coordinates: 15°43′28″N 78°35′33″E / 15.72444°N 78.59250°E / 15.72444; 78.59250
Type Reservoir
Primary inflows canal from Srisailam reservoir
Primary outflows Galeru river
Catchment area Penna River
Basin countries India

Pothireddypadu or Velugodu Reservoir is a balancing reservoir and located across the Kundu tributary of Penna river at Veligodu village in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh.[1][2][3] This reservoir is part of Telugu Ganga project and mainly fed by gravity canal from back waters of Srisailam Dam through Pothireddypadu head / flow regulator located across the feeder canal. Velugodu Reservoir has gross storage capacity of 17 Tmcft at 265 m MSL full reservoir level.

This feeder canal called Srisailam right main canal (SRMC) also supplies water to Chennai city drinking water, Srisailam Right Bank Canal, K. C. Canal and Galeru Nagari Canal in addition to divert the Krishna river flood water to Penna river for storage in Somasila and Kandaleru reservoirs situated in Nellore district. The maximum flow capacity of the canal is 44,000 cusecs at full supply level of 267.92 metres (879 ft) MSL[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/07/stories/2007050710730400.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.hindu.com/2009/08/28/stories/2009082855970300.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/19/stories/2007011902110500.htm
  4. ↑ "Telugu Ganga project". Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Seema irrigation projects see tardy progress". Retrieved 22 March 2016.


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