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[[File:TELUGU GANGA ^ATMAKUR,AP - panoramio.jpg|thumb|Telugu Ganga canal in Atmakur, Andhra Pradesh]]
[[File:Poondi Reservoir with water capacity.jpg|thumb|Poondi reservoir]]
The '''Telugu Ganga project''' is a joint water supply scheme implemented in 1980s by the then [[Andhra Pradesh]] chief minister [[N.T.Ramarao]] and [[Tamilnadu]] Chief minister [[M. G. Ramachandran]] to provide drinking water to [[Chennai]] city in [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is also known as the Krishna Water Supply Project, since the source of the water is the [[Krishna river]] in erstwhile [[Andhra Pradesh]]. Water is drawn from the [[Srisailam Dam|Srisailam reservoir]] and diverted towards Chennai through a series of inter-linked canals, over a distance of about {{convert|406|km|mi}}, before it reaches the destination at the Poondi reservoir near Chennai. The main checkpoints en route include the [[Somasila]] reservoir in [[Penna River]] valley, the Kandaleru reservoir, the 'Zero Point' near [[Uthukkottai]] where the water enters Tamil Nadu territory and finally, the [[Poondi reservoir]], also known as Satyamurthy Sagar. From Poondi, water is distributed through a system of link-canals to other storage reservoirs located at [[Red Hills Lake|Red Hills]], [[Sholavaram Lake|Sholavaram]] and [[Chembarambakkam]].

The project was approved in 1977 after an agreement was reached between Tamil Nadu and the riparian states of Krishna river: Andhra Pradesh, [[Maharashtra]] and [[Karnataka]]. According to the agreement, each of the three riparian states were to contribute {{convert|5|e9cuft|e6m3}} of water annually, for a total supply of {{convert|15|e9cuft|e6m3}}.<ref>{{cite book
| last = Shiva
| first = Vandana
| title = Ecology and the Politics of Survival: Conflicts Over Natural Resources in India
| year = 1991
| publisher = Sage Publications, New Delhi
| url = http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/80a03e/80A03E0h.htm
| access-date = 2007-09-17}}</ref>
This number was revised down to {{convert|12|e9cuft|e6m3}} in 1983 after accounting for seepage and evaporation losses.

The water initially supplied by the canal was disappointing, delivering less than {{convert|500|e6cuft|e6m3}}. In 2002, the religious leader [[Sathya Sai Baba]] announced a scheme of restoration and lining of the canal; a private undertaking. With an extensive rebuilding of the canal and several reservoirs, the project was completed in 2004, when Poondi reservoir received Krishna water for the first time.<ref>{{cite news
| url = http://www.hindu.com/2004/03/09/stories/2004030913280300.htm
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040508103601/http://www.hindu.com/2004/03/09/stories/2004030913280300.htm
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 2004-05-08
| date = 2004-03-08
| access-date = 2007-09-17
| work = [[The Hindu]]
| title = Kandaleru water reaches Satyamurthi Sagar
| location=Chennai, India
}}</ref>
The supply of water to Chennai city in 2006 was {{convert|3.7|e9cuft|e6m3}}.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060807/nation.htm#3
| date = 2006-08-06
| access-date = 2007-09-17
| work = The Tribune
| title = AP to release Krishna waters to Chennai}}</ref>
After the re-lining and reconstruction, the Kandaleru-Poondi part of the canal was renamed Sai Ganga.<ref>{{cite news | title=Chennai benefits from Sai Baba's initiative | date=1 December 2004 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/2004/12/01/stories/2004120113280300.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016193830/http://www.thehindu.com/2004/12/01/stories/2004120113280300.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=16 October 2015 | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | access-date=5 January 2019 }}</ref><ref>The Hindu: Project Water by Hiramalini Seshadri, 25 June 2003, {{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20090226015853/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2003/06/25/stories/2003062500110300.htm Available online]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Water projects: CM all praise for Satya Sai Trust | date=13 February 2004 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/2004/02/13/stories/2004021301330500.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016193829/http://www.thehindu.com/2004/02/13/stories/2004021301330500.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=16 October 2015 | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | access-date=5 January 2019 }}</ref>

==Jerdon's Courser==
The area has however continued to be threatened by illegal construction work and activity related to a project proposed to link the rivers of India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatogether.org/2006/mar/env-courser.htm |title=Illegal construction threatens Courser |year=2006|author=Kohli, Kanchi|publisher=Civil Society Information Exchange Pvt. Ltd.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Jeganathan, P.|author2=Rahmani, A.R.|author3=Green, R.E.|name-list-style=amp|year=2005 |title= Construction of Telugu-Ganga Canal in and around two protected areas in Cuddapah District, Andhra Pradesh, India. Immediate threat to the world population of the critically endangered Jerdon's Courser ''Rhinoptilus bitorquatus''. Survey Report. |publisher=Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.|url= https://archive.org/details/CanalAndTheCourser}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
#{{cite web
|url = http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/nic/069/index3.htm
|archive-url = https://archive.today/20040506153001/http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/nic/069/index3.htm
|url-status = dead
|archive-date = 2004-05-06
|access-date = 2007-09-17
|publisher = The Hindu
|title = Krishna Water
}}
#{{cite news
| url = http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/20/stories/2007012018740300.htm
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070122140406/http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/20/stories/2007012018740300.htm
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 2007-01-22
| date = 2007-01-20
| access-date = 2007-09-17
| work = [[The Hindu]]
| title = Krishna water project hits milestone
| location=Chennai, India}}

#{{cite conference
| last = Nikku
| first = Bala Raju
| title = Water Rights, Conflicts and Collective Action: Case of Telugu Ganga Project, India
| book-title = The Tenth Biennial Conference of the International Association for theStudy of Common Property
|date=August 2004
| url = http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/dlc/bitstream/handle/10535/1094/Nikku_Water_040513_Paper088.pdf
| access-date = 2013-08-07}}
#{{cite web
| url = http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2003/faug2003/f110820032.html
| title = Interlinking of Rivers in India
| date = 2003-08-11
| publisher = Govt. of India
| access-date = 2007-09-17}}

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[[Category:Interbasin transfer]]
[[Category:Water supply infrastructure in India]]
[[Category:Canals in Tamil Nadu]]
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