Pothireddypadu or Velugodu Reservoir is a balancing reservoir and located across the Kundhu tributary of Penna river at Veligodu village in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh .
This reservoir is part of Telugu Ganga project and mainly fed by gravity canal from back waters of Srisailam Dam through Pothireddypadu head / flow regulator located across the feeder canal. Velugodu Reservoir has gross storage capacity of 17 Tmcft at 265 m MSL full reservoir level.
This reservoir is part of Telugu Ganga project and mainly fed by gravity canal from back waters of Srisailam Dam through Pothireddypadu head / flow regulator located across the feeder canal. Velugodu Reservoir has gross storage capacity of 17 Tmcft at 265 m MSL full reservoir level.
This feeder canal also supplies water to Chennai city drinking water, Srisailam Right Bank Canal, K. C. Canal and Galeru Nagari Canal in addition to divert the Krishna river flood water to Penna river for storage in Somasila and Kandaleru reservoirs situated in Nellore district. The flow capacity of the canal is 40,000 cusecs.
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