PRAKASAM Irrigation Profile
PRAKASAM Irrigation Profile
PRAKASAM Irrigation Profile
INTRODUCTION:
The population of the district is 33.93 lakhs (Census 2011). The river Krishna flows towards North
West of the district. The area of the district is mostly covered under Nagarjuna Sagar Canal system irrigating an
ayacut of 4.4 lakh acres. There is another completed major irrigation project viz., Krishna Western Delta
irrigating an ayacut of 72,120 acres, and Five medium irrigation projects viz. Rallapadu, Mopadu,Cumbum tank,
Veeraraghavunikota anicut, Paleru Bitragunta anicut, The geographical features of the district are as follows.
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Preamble
Under Nagarjunasagar Jawahar canal system an extent of 4,29,747 Lakh Acres is localized in 25
Mandals comprising of 5 Assembly constituencies The total canal length of Main canal and Branch canals is 118
Miles and distributaries length is 1052 Miles.
Preamble
Under Krishna western Delta system an extent of 72,120 Acres is localized in 5 Mandals
comprising of 2 Assembly constituencies
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Preamble
In order to supply irrigation water to the tail end area Distressed ayacut under Ongole Branch Canal
a Balancing reservoir is Constructed on the branch canal at M. 16-5-330 to store 1514 M.Cft of water.
Salient Features
Location : Obachettapalem(V),Chimakurthy(M)
Longitude : 79° 47' 57"
Latitude : 15°37' 52"
Ayacut : 72,874 Acres
I.P Contemplated : 72,874 Acres(Stabilization)
I.P Created : 72,874 Acres(Stabilization)
I.P Utilized(2013-14) : 32,475 Acres(Stabilization)
Gross Storage : 1.514 TMC
FRL : 279.990 ft
MDDL : 246.063 ft
Water allocation (Irrigation) : 9.770 TMC
Water allocation (Drinking) : 0.230 TMC
Water allocation (Industries) : Nil
Cropping Pattern : 44,335 Acres Paddy +28,539 Acres ID
Population Benefited : 56 Villages (6 Mandals)
Project Starting year : 2004
Project Completion year : 2009
Present Stage : Completed
Cumulative Expenditure up to
: 47.6100 Crores
05/2015
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Preamble
Poola Subbaiah Veligonda project aims to provide irrigation facilities to 4.475 lakhs acres and
drinking water to 15 lakhs of population of chronologically drought prone areas in Prakasam, Cuddapah and
Nellore districts of Andhra Pradesh.43.5 thousand million cubic feet flood water of Krishna river is proposed to
be drawn from the foreshore of Srisailam project reservoir near Kollamvagu by excavating two tunnels through
Nallamala hill ranges with technology of tunnel boring machine and fed to Nallamala Sagar reservoir by feeder
canal.
Nallamala Sagar reservoir is being formed by constructing Cement concrete dams across the gaps
near Sunkesula (V), Gottipadia (V) and Kakarla (V) in Nallamala hills of Prakasam District.
Three irrigation canals i.e., Teegaleru Canal, Gottipadia Canal and Eastern Canal take off from the
Nallamalasagar reservoir to irrigate 4,47,300acres, Gundlabrahmeswaram Reservoir, Rallavagu Reservoir and to
provide drinking water facilities to 15.25 Lakh people in 30 Mandals of Prakasam, Nellore and YSR Kadapa
Districts enroute the canals in the command area of above three districts. The ayacut in prakasam district is
336100
Salient Features
Tunnels:-
Preamble
Kandula Obula Reddy Gundlakamma Reservoir Project is formed across Gundlakamma river near
Chinnamallavaram Village of Maddipadu Mandal in Prakasam District.
It is envisaged to utilize 12.845 TMC of water to provide irrigation facilities to 62,368 Ac in Khariff
and 80,060 Ac in Rabi seasons in 6 Mandals of Prasakam District besides providing drinking water facility to
2.56 Lakh population in 43 villages enroute Canals and Ongole town.
The reservoir consists of earthen dam for a length of 5.699 km, 227 meters long spillway with 15
Nos. Vertical gates of each vent 12.0x8.30 mtrs size and crest level of +16.38 M for a maximum flood discharge
of 2,72,000 cusecs. Two irrigation canals viz. right canal takes off@ KM 3.785 of right bund for a length of
27.26 Km to feed an ayacut of 28,000 acres and left canal takes off @ KM 0.900 of left bund for a length of
21.975 km to feed an ayacut of 52,060 acres.
Salient Features
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Preamble
Rallapadu Project is a medium irrigation project, constructed across Manneru River during the year
1958 in Lingasamudram Mandal Prakasam District.There are 2 Irrigation Channels one on left flank irrigating
an ayacut of 1,500 Acres the other on right flank serving an ayacut of 14,500 Acres in Prakasam and Nellore
districts.
Salient Features
Location : Rallapadu(V),Lingasamudram(M)
Ayacut : 13,191 Acres
I.P Utilized (2013-14) : Nil
Gross Storage : 1.106 TMC
FRL : 135.00 ft
Existing Storage : 0.430 TMC
Lenght of Canal : 22.08 Km
Mandals Benefited : Lingasamudram, Gudlur, Kondapuram
Water Utilisation : 2666 Mcft
Water allocation (Drinking) : 0.230 TMC
Water allocation(Industries) : Nil
Cropping Pattern : Paddy
Budget for the Year 2015-16 : Plan-0.5402 Crs
2. Mopadu Reservoir
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Preamble
Mopadu Project is a medium irrigation project,constructed during the British Government Across
the Manneru River in the year 1921 near Lakshmi Narasapuram Village in Pamur Mandal of Prakasam District.
The register ayacut of 12,719 acres under Prakasam and Nellore Districts.
Salient Features
3. Cumbum Tank
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Preamble
Cumbum Tank is a medium irrigation project, constructed during Sri.Krishna Devaraya era about
450 years back across Gundlakamma and Jampaleru rivers. The project mainly envisages providing irrigation
facilities to an ayacut of 6,944 acres through 5 channels in 19 Villages of Cumbum and Bestavaripet Mandals of
Prakasam District with a capacity of 2952Mcft.
Salient Features
4. V.R.Kota Anicut
Preamble
V.R.Kota anicut under medium irrigation was constructed in 1956 across manneru river near
V.R.Kota village in lingasamudram Mandal. The anicut Feeds Machavaram and mopadu tanks in kandukur
mandal through a supply channel (Reddy kaluva) having a capacity of 100 Cusec.The ayacut under anicut is
5555 Acres.
Salient Features
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5. P.B Anicut System
Preamble
P.B.anicut system is an old medium irrigation project constructed across Paleru river in Paleru basin
in Prakasam District in the year 1962.The anicut is intended for diversion of water through right side main
supply channel providing irrigation facilities to an extent of 7,318Ac under 9 system tanks in 9 villages of
Jarugumalli & Singarayakonda Mandals of Prakasam district.
Salient Features
Preamble
The Paleru Reservoir is located across Paleru River near Chennupadu (V) of Ponnaluru (M) with a
gross capacity of 0.872 TMC in Prakasam District.
It envisages utilizing 0.584 TMC of water to provide irrigation facilities to 9,500 across in 4
Mandals of Prakasam District besides providing drinking water facilities to 30,000 people in 15 villages enroute.
Salient Features
I.General
1 Name of the Dam SPC Paleru Reservoir Project
2 Purpose of Project Irrigation and Drinking water
3 village Chennupadu
4 Mandal/District Ponnaluru,Prakasam Dt.,
5 Global Coordinates
Latitude 15°20' N
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Marripudi 772
Grand Total 9,500
Preamble
The Yerram China Poli Reddy Korisapadu Lift Irrigation Scheme (Y.C.P.R.K.L.I.S) is proposed on
Gundlakamma Reservoir by lifting water from the left side foreshore of Gundlakamma Reservoir to irrigate an
ayacut of 20,000Ac in Korisapadu & Naguluppalapadu Mandals of Prakasam District.
It envisages utilizing 1.330 TMC of water to irrigate 20,000 Ac under Micro-Irrigation system.
Project Cost
Total Outlay : Rs. 177.00 Cr.
Total Expenditure up to 31.07.2015 : Rs. 95.01 Cr.
Land
Required : 1676.00 Ac
Requisitioned : 1227.02 Ac
Acquired : 438.84 Ac
Balance to be acquired against requisition : 788.18 Ac
Expenditure on LA : Rs.11.47 Cr.
Project components
1. Approach channel from foreshore of Gundlakamma reservoir to carry a discharge of 165 cusecs.
Salient Features
S.No Project Name Division Name WUA Name Localised ayacut (Acres)
1 2 3 4 5
1 Rallapadu RPR Division, Kandukur Saipet 2948.33
Mutyalapadu 2504.55
Puretipalli 3400.16
Basireddypalem 3090.39
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Chinapavani 2190.02
Veligandla 2429
Total 16562.45
2 Mopadu Irrigation Division, Ongole Kambaladinne 2466
Isukadhamerla 2166
Botlagudur-1 2421
Mopadu 1628
Botlagudur-II 1639
Total 10320
3 Cumbum Tank Spl Division(Irrigation) Markapur China Kambam 1823.1
Papayapalli 224.84
Kambam 165.36
L.Kota 1747.19
Hajarathgudem 2078.25
Total 6038.74
4 P.B. Anicut Irrigation Division, Ongole Pakala-I 1707.51
Pakala-II 1749.29
Somarajupalli -I 1413.52
Binganapalli 1323.13
K.Bitragunta 1130.82
Total 7324.27
5 V.R.Kota Anicut Irrigation Division, Ongole Machavaram -I 1040.45
Machavaram-II 1001.14
Mopadu 1003.65
Kondamudusupalem 1091.72
Anandapuram 1093.1
Total 5230.06
Total 45475.52
P.B.Anicut system
1 Zarugumalli 1)K.Bitragunta tank (WUA) 1130.76
2 S.Konda 3)Marri tank 1078.43
3 S.Konda 4)Raju tank 0
4 S.Konda 5)Chaviti tank 155.64
6)Juvvalagunta tank (Somarajupalli-1
5 S.Konda 179.45
WUA)
6 S.Konda 7)Binginapalli tank (WUA) 1323.13
7 S.Konda 7)Kondarajugunta tank 369.83
8 S.Konda 8)Pakala old tank 1374.36
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MINOR IRRIGATION
In Prakasam District there are 952 Minor Irrigation Tanks(363 M.I+589 panchayataj Raj) having an
Registered ayacut of 135427 Acres. During 2013-14 an ayacut of 28706 Acres is irrigated.
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40 Kanigiri 30 8310.98
41 Kondapi 11 1270.29
42 Santhanuthalapadu 9 1696.8
43 Ongole 3 755.66
44 Kothapatnam 5 1680.99
45 Tangutur 3 1232.45
46 Zarugumalli 5 578.54
47 Ponnaluru 17 2748.85
48 Pedacherlopalle 24 3363.72
49 Chandrasekhara Puram 32 3488.09
50 Pamur 17 3345.48
51 Voletivaripalem 27 3219.05
52 Kandukur 8 1024.61
53 Singarayakonda 10 1181.78
54 Lingasamudram 23 3133.5
55 Gudluru 36 6153.83
56 Ulavapadu 19 6096.06
Total 952 135427
Sl. No Name of the Irrigation System No. of PC's No. of DC's No. of WUA's Ayacut in Acres
1 Major Irrigation
NS Jawahar Canal 18 143 426214
K.W.D 2 16 72120
2 Medium Irrigation
(a) Rallapadu project 1 0 5 16562.45
(b) Cumbum Tank 1 0 5 6038.74
(c) Mopadu 1 0 4 10320
(d) P.B Anicut 1 0 6 7324.27
(e) V.R Kota 1 0 4 5230.06
Total 5 0 24 45475.42
3 Minor Irrigation 0 0 300 12699.00
Total 0 0 300 12699.00
Sl Extent in
Mandal Name of WUA Tank Name
No Acres
1 2 3 4 5
Ongole Revenue Division
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Veerayapalem (V)
66 Papireddypalem Pothakamur tank of Pothakamur (V) 313.43
67 Thummedala padu Tummedalapadu tank 151.87
68 Kattasinganna palem Ramanna tank of Kattasinganapalem (V) 300.94
69 Rajampalli-2 Rajampalli tank of Rajampalli (V) 150.69
Total 1076.38
70 Avulamanda Avulamanda tank of Avulamanda (V) 260.27
71 Kallur-2 kalluru tank of Kalluru (V) 327.64
Kurichedu
72 West Naidupalem-2 West Naidu Palem tank 248.00
73 Abbayapalem Alavalapadu tank 136.72
Total 972.63
74 Oguru tank of Oguru (V) 150.00
Venkatadripalem tank of Venkatadripalem
75 146.00
(V)
Kandukur
76 Uppucheruvu tank of Kandukur (V) 72.00
77 Ganigunta H/O Mahadevapuram Ganigunta tank of Ganigunta (V) 139.47
78 Palukur Palukuru tank of Palukuru (V) 447.87
Total 955.34
79 Krishnapuram Krishnapuram tank of Krishnapuram (V) 307.32
80 Chagollu small tank of Chagollu (V) 34.00
81 Chagollu Chagollu Big tank of Chagollu (V) 916.00
82 Elkeru anicut of Chakicharla (V) 247.00
83 Chakicherla Seethamma tank of Chakicharla (V) 178.00
84 Karedu tank of Karedu (V) 1389.28
Ulavapadu
85 Karedu Jammula tank of Chakicharla (V) 227.00
86 Gokula tank of Chakicharla (V) 286.00
87 Veerepalli Big tank of Veerepalli (V) 328.00
Veerepalli
88 Veerepalli small tank of Veerepalli (V) 48.00
Ramayapatnam tank of Ramayapatnam
89 Ramayapatnam 154.00
(V)
Total 4114.60
Gudlur Ammavaripalem tank of Ammavaripalem
90 Ammavaripalem 702.11
(V)
91 Puretipalli-2 Puretipalli tank of Puretipalli (V) 444.31
92 Swarnajipuram-3 Chimididipadu tank of Chimididipadu (V) 113.00
93 Swarnajipuram-4 Dulala tank of Chimididipadu (V) 220.42
94 Gudlur Gudluru Big tank of Gudluru (V) 252.00
95 Mocherla Big tank of Mocherla (V) 572.00
Mocherla
96 Mocherla Small tank of Mocherla (V) 80.00
97 Naidupalem Naidupalem tank of Naidupalem (V) 142.03
98 Chevur-2 Vavilla tank of Elurupadu (V) Chevur -2 290.00
WUA
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(V)
Lakkavaram Small tank of Lakkavaram
223 Lakkavaram-1 110.92
(V)
224 Lakkavaram-2 Lakkavaram Big tank of Lakkavaram (V) 140.34
Total 551.57
225 Nuzellapalli Nuzellapalli tank 178.10
226 Mundlamur Polavaram-3 Polavaram tank 371.40
227 Pulipadu Pulipadu tank of Pulipadu (V) 299.17
Total 848.67
Registered
Type of IP Created in Acres
No.of Tanks Ayacut in Remarks
Tanks During the year 2014-15
Acres
952 (363
M.I Tanks & The IP Created is only with the
M.I+589 P.R 1,35,427 11567
PR Tanks regenerated flows of NSP ayacut.
)
No. of works
Source of sanctioned Works Works in Expenditure
SL.No. Remarks
funding Rs.in completed progress incurred Rs. in lakhs
Nos
lakhs
1 AIBP 5 4360.12 2 3 3015.77
2 APILIP 1 178.00 1 - 178.00
3 APCBTMP 38 2632.00 36 2 2568.00
4 RIDF XX 3 135.42 - 3 -
5 APCBTMP 36 - - - - Proposals Submitted to
6 RRR 558 - - - - the CE/MI/Hyd
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