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{{Infobox dam
| name = Prakasam Barrage
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| image = File:Prakasam Barrage from Vijayawada to Guntur 2 (November 2018).jpg
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| location_map = India Andhra Pradesh
| location_map_size = 200px
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| coordinates = {{coord|16|30|22|N|80|36|18|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| country = [[India]]
| location = [[Vijayawada]], [[Krishna district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| status = Operational
| purpose = [[Irrigation]] & [[Water supply]]
| construction_began = 1852
| opening = 1855
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| owner = [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]]
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| dam_type = [[Barrage (dam)|Barrage]]
| dam_length = {{Convert|1223.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
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The '''Prakasam Barrage''' stretches 1223.5 m across the [[Krishna River]] connecting [[Krishna District|Krishna]] and [[Guntur district|Guntur]] districts. The [[Barrage (dam)|barrage]] serves also as a road bridge and spans over a lake. The three canals associated with the barrage run through the city of [[Vijayawada]], crossing it and giving it a Venetian appearance.
[[File:Prakasam Barage View from Boating area.jpg|250px|thumb|View of Barrage from boating area]]
The idea of constructing a dam across the river Krishna dates back to 1798. It began in the hands of captain Buckle and was revised in 1839 and 1841 by Captain Best and Captain Lake. After the endorsement of [[Arthur Cotton|Major Cotton]], the board of Directors of the [[East India Company]] approved it on 5 January 1850. The dam was started in 1852 and completed in 1855. It cost Rs 1.75 crore in those days and seems to have paid the then government a return of 18%. It used to irrigate 7 lakh acres.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8WNEcgMr11kC&q=kistna&pg=PA724 |title = Southern India: Its History, People, Commerce, and Industrial Resources|isbn = 9788120613447|last1 = Wright|first1 = Arnold|year = 2004}}</ref>
Later, the State Government constructed a bridge that was named after [[Tanguturi Prakasam]], the first Chief Minister of [[Andhra State|Andhra]] (a state formed in 1953, which later became Andhra Pradesh in 1956 after the merger of Telugu speaking districts of former Hyderabad State). Completed in 1957, it helps to irrigate over 1.2 million acres of land. This barrage also supplies water to [[Buckingham canal]] which was initially constructed as an [[inland navigation]] canal but was later used as an irrigation water supply canal. One of the first major irrigation projects of [[South India]], the Prakasam Barrage in Vijayawada was completely successful in its mission.
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File:Night view of Prakasam Barrage.jpg|Night view of Prakasam Barrage
File:LR-6085.jpg|Lake side view of Prakasam Barrage
File:Prakasam Barrage, Vijayawada 2016 (7).jpg|Prakasam barrage from Krishnaveni idol
</gallery>

[[Andhra Pradesh]] largely owes its rich agriculture to the Prakasam Barrage as the project facilitated the irrigation of large tracts of farmland. The Barrage provides views of the lake. It has become a tourist attraction of [[Vijayawada]]. On 13th Feb-2019 Andhra Pradesh chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu laid foundation<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/naidu-lays-foundation-stone-for-barrage-across-krishna/article26265021.ece|title=Naidu lays foundation stone for barrage across Krishna|last=Srinivas|first=Rajulapudi|date=2019-02-14|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-03-05|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> to construct a new barrage named [[Vykuntapuram barrage|Vykuntapuram Barrage]] on [[Krishna River|krishna river]] nearly 25 km upstream of Prakasam Barrage.

== Godavari Penna Linking ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2" |Project Name
! rowspan="2" |FRL
! rowspan="2" |Creast Level
! rowspan="2" |MDDL
! rowspan="2" |Tail Race Level
! colspan="2" |Power Generation
! rowspan="2" |Reservoir Area In km<sup>2</sup>
! colspan="3" |Storage capacity In TMC
|-
!Capacity
!Type of Turbines
!Gross
!Live
!Dead
|-
|[[Srisailam Dam|Srisailam Project]]
|269.75 M (885 Ft)
|252.98 M (830 Ft)
|214.88 M (705 Ft)
|163 M (535 Ft)
|1670 MW
|[[Francis turbine|Francis Turbines]]
|541.9
|215.8
|178.7
|3.42
|-
|[[Nagarjuna Sagar Dam|Nagarjuna Sagar]]
|179.83 M (590 Ft)
|166.42 M (546 Ft)
|155.45 M (510 Ft)
|73.15 M (240 Ft)
|816 MW
|[[Francis turbine|Francis Turbines]]
|285
|312
|181
|
|-
|[[Nagarjuna Sagar tail pond|Nagarjuna Sagar Tail pond]]
|75 M (246 Ft)
|
|
|48.33 M (158.56 Ft)
|50 MW
|[[Kaplan turbine|Kaplan Turbines]]
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[Pulichinthala Project]]
|53.34 M (175 Ft)
|36.34 M (119.23 Ft)
|
|20 M (65.6 Ft)
|120 MW
|[[Kaplan turbine|Kaplan Turbines]]
|144
|45.77
|36.23
|3.61
|-
|[[Vykuntapuram barrage|Vykuntapuram Barrage]]
|25 M (82 Ft)
|17 M (55.77 Ft)
|
|
|
|
|
|10
|
|

|}

== See also ==
* [[List of dams and reservoirs in India]]
* [[Andhra Pradesh]]

== References ==
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{{commons category|Prakasham Barrage}}

{{Krishna basin |state=expanded}}
{{Krishna River dams}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Prakasam Barrage}}
[[Category:Barrages in India]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Vijayawada]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Vijayawada]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Guntur district]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Krishna district]]
[[Category:Dams completed in 1855]]
[[Category:1855 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Dams in Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Guntur district]]
[[Category:Transport in Guntur district]]
[[Category:Bridges over the Krishna river]]
[[Category:Bridges and flyovers in Vijayawada]]

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