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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox dam
| name = Pulichintala Project
| name_official = K.L Rao Sagar
| image =
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| location_map = India Andhra Pradesh
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| coordinates = {{coord|16|45|15|N|80|03|24|E|type:landmark_region:IN-AP|display=inline,title}}
| country = [[India]]
| location = [[Pulichintala]] village, [[Bellamkonda]], [[Guntur district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://irrigationap.cgg.gov.in/wrd/static/approjects/KLRaoProject.html|publisher= Ap Irrigation Department|title=K L Rao Sagar|date=12 January 2013|access-date=13 August 2019}} </ref>
| purpose = [[Irrigation]] & [[Water supply]]
| status =
| construction_began = 14 November 2010
| opening = 7 December 2013
| cost = 1850 crore rupees
| owner = [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]]
| operator = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| dam_type =
| dam_crosses = [[Krishna River]]
| dam_height = 42.24 m
| dam_length = 2,922 m
| dam_elevation_crest =
| dam_width_crest =
| dam_width_base = 31 m
| dam_volume =
| spillway_count =
| spillway_type = [[Open channel|Controlled]]
| spillway_capacity = 10 lakh cusecs
| res_name = Pulichinthala Reservoir
| res_capacity_total = 46 [[Tmcft]]
| res_capacity_active = 36.23 [[Tmcft]]
| res_capacity_inactive =
| res_catchment = 240,732 sq.km
| res_surface = 144 sq.km
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| plant_operator = [[APGENCO]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cea.nic.in/reports/proj_mon/status_he_execution.pdf |title= Status of Hydro Electric Projects under Execution for 12th Plan & beyond |access-date= 30 June 2014 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140715003433/http://www.cea.nic.in/reports/proj_mon/status_he_execution.pdf |archive-date= 15 July 2014 }}</ref>
| plant_commission = {{start date|2016|09|22}}
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| plant_hydraulic_head = 25 Meters
| plant_turbines = 4 × 30 MW [[Kaplan turbine]]
| plant_capacity = 120 MW
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'''Pulichintala Project''' is a multipurpose project serving irrigation needs, hydro power generation and flood control. It is a crucial irrigation facility for farmers of four coastal districts of [[West Godavari]], [[Krishna]], [[Guntur]] and [[Prakasam district|Prakasam]] where irrigation facility for 13 lakh acres. It has 24 gates in all with balancing reservoir with a capacity of 46 [[tmcft]] at {{convert|175|ft|m|0}} [[Mean sea level|MSL]] full reservoir level (FRL). <ref>{{cite web|url= http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Pulichintala_D06327 |title= Pulichintala D06327 |access-date=30 June 2014}}</ref> The project started impounding the water in August 2014. <ref>{{cite web|url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Engineers-complete-trial-run-of-Pulichintala-Project/articleshow/40313223.cms |title= Engineers complete trial run of Pulichintala Project |access-date=16 August 2014}}</ref> The cost of the project has exceeded Rs.1850 crores.

==History==
The project was first conceived in 1911 by British engineer Col Ellis as an irrigation project upstream of the [[Prakasam Barrage]], but the British government did not show interest at the time.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Jonathan|first=P. Samuel|date=2013-12-08|title=Pulichantala dedicated to nation|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/pulichantala-dedicated-to-nation/article5434456.ece|access-date=2021-07-14|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Later, the [[Muktyala Raja|Raja of Muktyala]] (Raja Vasireddy Ramakrishna Maheswara Prasad), credited for the building of the [[Nagarjuna Sagar Dam]], led the push for the Pulichintala Project and with the help of [[Moturi Satyanarayana]] and [[Kanuri Lakshmana Rao|K.L Rao]] placed the project back on track.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|last=Rao|first=K. L.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=850aAAAAMAAJ|title=Cusecs Candidate: Memoirs of an Engineer|date=1978|publisher=Metropolitan|pages=31|language=en}}</ref> The foundation stone was laid by the then Chief Minister, [[N. T. Rama Rao]] on 13 November 1988 at a projected cost of 188 crores.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131127183600/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-01-07/hyderabad/27123919_1_prakasam-barrage-pulichintala-krishna-delta ]</ref> It was the first project to start under the ambitious [[Jalayagnam]] in the year 2004–05 which was started by [[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy]], then chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. It was opened on 7 December 2013 by [[Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh|CM of Andhra Pradesh]], [[Kiran Kumar Reddy]].<ref>http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130710/news-politics/article/pulichintala-project-august-15</ref> And full Project completed in Sep 2018 by Chief Minister [[N. Chandrababu Naidu|N.Chandrababu Naidu]] with a Storing Capacity of 45 TMC water ready to release.<ref>{{Citation|title=AP Govt Plans to Develop Pulichintala Project as Tourist Place {{!}} Pulichintala Project {{!}} AP24x7|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdKT0BimzXI|language=en|access-date=2020-01-19}}</ref>

==Project==

It is located in Pulichintala village in [[Guntur district]] near the [[Krishna River]],<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.apgenco.gov.in/viewHTMLpage.asp?lfile=uploadedfiles/Pulichinthala.htm |title= Pulichintala project progress report, APGenCo |access-date=15 May 2013}}</ref> between [[Vykuntapuram barrage]] near [[Amaravati]] and the [[Nagarjuna Sagar dam]].<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=2019-03-01|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> It has 30 [[Tmcft]] live storage capacity to impound the Krishna river flood waters generated from the catchment area located downstream of [[Nagarjuna Sagar tail pond|Nagarjuna sagar Tail Pond]]. This project reservoir will provide timely water supply to downstream [[Prakasam Barrage]]. Water to the [[Prakasam Barrage]] can be supplied from [[Pattiseema]] lift / [[Polavaram Project|Polavaram]] irrigation canal during monsoon months.

Vellatur lift irrigation scheme (near {{Coord|16|42|44|N|80|00|29|E|name=Pulichintala lift scheme}}) with 13,000 acres irrigated area in [[Nalgonda district]] drawing water from the Pulichintala reservoir has been constructed.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.siasat.com/news/kcr-harish-rao-lying-pulichintala-issue-uttam-979080/ |title= KCR, Harish Rao lying on Pulichintala issue: Uttam |access-date=28 September 2016}}</ref> This lift can pump water from {{convert|120|ft|m|0}} MSL when the reservoir's gross storage is as low as 4 Tmcft. The proposed [[Yadadri Thermal Power Plant]] would also draw its water needs from the reservoir.

==Godavari Penna River Linking==

Main article : [[Vykuntapuram barrage|Vykuntapuram Barrage]]

To stabilize the existing irrigated area under [[Nagarjuna Sagar Dam|Nagarjuna Sagar right canal]], a new lift project construction with greenfield alignment was started having five-step ladder pumping Stages and Canal to transfer 7,000 cusecs of Godavari water from Prakasam barrage backwaters into the Nagarjuna Sagar right canal near [[Nekarikallu]] in the first phase of Godavari Penna River linking project to utilize 73 tmcft of Godavari water. With FRL 25M newly created Vykuntapuram Barrage pond will have backwaters beyond [[Pokkunuru]] up to the toe of the Pulichinthala Project. It is more economical to construct the First stage pump house of this lift project to lift water from [[Prakasam Barrage]] Backwater into Newly Created Vykuntapuram Barrage pond and the second Lift stage from Vykuntapuram Barrage pond to Existing [[KLRao Sagar multipurpose irrigation project|K.L Rao sagar]] pulichintala Project and later lift Stages from K.L Rao Sagar to [[Nagarjuna Sagar Dam|Nagarjuna sagar]] right canal. It will shorten the length of this lift project canal, Pressure Main and fewer lift stages and also enables to lift water up to [[Srisailam Dam|Srisailam Project]] via existing [[Francis turbine|Reversible Reverse turbine]] pump houses in [[Nagarjuna Sagar Dam]] and its [[Nagarjuna Sagar tail pond|tail pond project]]. It is even more economical if with the construction of a new gravity canal from Ibrahimpatnam to Vykuntapuram Barrage pond to deliver the [[Polavaram Project|Polavaram right main canal]]/ [[Budameru Rivulet|Budameru diversion canal]] waters directly into the Vykuntapuram barrage pond since Polavaram right main canal level is 33 m MSL at Ambapuram hill near [[Vijayawada]].

A low level lift canal from the Krishna river located near {{Coord|16|42|50|N|80|08|24|E|type:landmark_region:IN-AP}} at {{convert|20|m|ft|0}} MSL in the downstream of [[Pulichintala]] dam will be executed to feed [[Godavari River|Godavari]] water diverted from Polavaram Dam to some of the existing command area (situated below 60 m MSL) under Nagarjuna Sagar right bank canal to facilitate extension of Nagarjuna Sagar right bank canal connecting to [[Kandaleru Dam|Kandaleru]] feeder canal / [[Somasila Dam]] reservoir for serving irrigation needs in [[Prakasam district|Prakasam]], [[Nellore district|Potti Sriramulu Nellore]] and [[Chittur district|Chittur]] districts including [[Telugu Ganga project|Chennai drinking water supply]]. A branch from this lift canal is also extended up to Pulichinthala dam (FRL 53.34 m MSL) to store Godavari water in Pulichintala reservoir during drought years and to irrigate low lands along Krishna river up to Pulichintala dam.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/070916/pulichintala-a-capital-saviour.html |title= Pulichintala, a capital saviour|access-date=7 September 2016}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Nagarjuna Sagar tail pond]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131127183600/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-01-07/hyderabad/27123919_1_prakasam-barrage-pulichintala-krishna-delta Pulichintala project to water Prakasam barrage ayacut]

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

[[Category: Dams in Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category: Irrigation in Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:2013 establishments in Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Dams completed in 2013]]

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