Gundlakamma Reservoir Project
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Gundlakamma Reservoir Project (officially Kandula Obula Reddy Gundlakamma Reservoir Project) is an irrigation project across the Gundlakamma river located in Prakasam district in Andhra Pradesh, India. The dam, with 3.859 billion cubic feet of live storage capacity.[1][2][3]
Gundlakamma Reservoir Project | |
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Official name | Kandula Obula Reddy Gundlakamma Reservoir |
Country | India |
Location | Mallavaram, Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh |
Coordinates | 15.6617°N 79.9867°E / 15.6617; 79.9867 |
Purpose | Irrigation & Drinking water |
Status | Active |
Construction began | 2006 |
Opening date | 2008 |
Owner(s) | Government of Andhra Pradesh |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Dam |
Impounds | Gundlakamma |
Length | 5,699 m (18,698 ft) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Kandula Obula Reddy Gundlakamma Reservoir |
Total capacity | 3.859 Tmcft |
Website irrigationap |
At the time of its inauguration in 2008, only 15,000 acres out of the total envisaged area of 80,000 could be irrigated due to issues in land acquisition for constructing canals.[4][5] As of 2024[update] land acquisition issues continue to dog the project preventing full utilisation, as some of the affected farmers did not agree to the compensation fixed by the government.