![Long view of Mylavaram reservoir](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Long_view_of_Mylavaram_reservoir.jpg)
Mylavaram Dam is a medium irrigation project in
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. This barrage is located across the
Penna river
Penna (also known as Pinakini, Pennar, Penner, Penneru (Telugu), Pennai (Tamil)) is a river of southern India. This is a unique river in world where after originating from Nandi hills, it flows as two different streams, one in North and South ...
in
Kadapa district near
Mylavaram
Mylavaram is a town in NTR district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Mylavaram mandal of Vijayawada revenue division. Mylavaram village has higher literacy rate compared to Andhra Pradesh.In 2011, literacy rate of Mylavar ...
. With the completion of srisailam right bank canal,
Krishna River water would be fed from
Srisailam reservoir to this reservoir.
The reservoir has a gross storage capacity of 9.96
tmcft
Tmcft, (Tmc ft), (TMC), (tmc), is the abbreviation of thousand million cubic feet (1,000,000,000 = 109 = 1 billion), commonly used in India in reference to volume of water in a reservoir
or river flow.
Conversion
1 tmcft is equivalent to:
* ...
.
See also
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Somasila Dam
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PABR Dam
Penna Ahobilam Balancing Reservoir (PABR) is an irrigation project located across Penna River in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh state in India. Anantapur city gets its drinking water from the PABR. The reservoir with live storage capacity o ...
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MPR Dam
The Mid Penna Reservoir Dam, also known as the MPR Dam, is an irrigation project located across the Penna river in the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh, India. It works mainly as a balancing reservoir under the Tungabhadra high-level irriga ...
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Pothireddypadu Reservoir
Velugodu Reservoir is a balancing reservoir and located across the Galeru river, a tributary of Kundu River in Penner River basin, at Velugodu town in Nandyal district of Andhra Pradesh. This reservoir is part of Telugu Ganga project and mainl ...
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Jeedipalli Reservoir
Jeedipalli Reservoir is an irrigation project located in Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh, India. It receives water from Handri-Neeva canal which draws water from Srisailam reservoir. It is located in Jeedipalli village of Beluguppa mandal ...
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Veligallu Dam Reservoir
The Veligallu Dam Reservoir Project is an irrigation project across Papagni River near Galiveedu in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh, India. The project's goal is to allow for the irrigation of a total of 24,000 acres (Galiveedu, Lakkireddypal ...
References
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Dams in Andhra Pradesh
Buildings and structures in Kadapa district
Year of establishment missing