Pasarlapudi is the

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of the

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at the

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in southeastern

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. It is located in the Konaseema district of

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state, in the

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Region. The Pasarlapudi village is known for its scenic vegetation, and is one of the three important

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points for ''Bodasakurru-Pasarlapudi'' and the other two being; ''

Kotipalli Kotipalli also known as Koti Theertham is a village located in K. Gangavaram mandal of Ramachandrapuram revenue division in Konaseema district of Andhra Pradesh, India. The temple town is also known as Kumararama of the Pancharama Kshetras, and ...

-Mukteswaram'' and ''Sakhinetipalli-Narasapuram'' in the

Konaseema Konaseema is a group of islands between the tributaries of the Godavari River and Bay of Bengal located in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema district of Andhra Pradesh in southern India. It is nicknamed "Gods Own Creation" due to similarities wit ...

region.

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The west bank of the Godavari River in the delta is one a fertile region in the area, and is also known as

. It supports

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and

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plantations, and rice paddies. Many gas and

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s are located in Pasarlapudi and its surrounding villages. They use pipelines to a GCS (gas collecting station) at Tatipaka, from there

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is supplying gas to the NFCL and other

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