Sagileru is a river in the

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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 ...

that is a tributary of the

Pennar 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 ...

Sagileru basin

The Sagileru river valley lies between the Velikonda and

Nallamala hills The Nallamalas (also called the Nallamalla Range) are a section of the Eastern Ghats which forms the eastern boundary of Rayalaseema region of the state of Andhra Pradesh and Nagarkurnool district of the state of Telangana, in India. They run i ...

and has a north-south orientation. The

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contains

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and

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s and both wet and dry irrigated crops are grown in this region with bajra, ragi,

jowar ''Sorghum bicolor'', commonly called sorghum () and also known as great millet, broomcorn, guinea corn, durra, imphee, jowar, or milo, is a grass species cultivated for its grain, which is used for food for humans, animal feed, and ethanol produc ...

, groundnuts and vegetables belonging to the latter category.

Waterworks

The Upper and Lower Sagileru projects are medium

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projects on the river and are located in the B.Kodur and

Kalasapadu Kalasapadu is a village in YSR Kadapa district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Kalasapadu mandal of Badvel Badvel is a Municipality in Kadapa district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, a ...

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Kadapa district Kadapa district (officially: YSR district; formerly: Cuddapah district) is one of the twenty six districts in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. On 19 August 2005 nomenclature of “Cuddapah” has been changed as “Kadapa” by the Governm ...

. Besides these there are several

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and minor irrigation works on the river. The Telugu Ganga canal project aims to enhance the irrigation potential of the Sagileru valley by diverting water for irrigation from the Sri Potuluri Veera Brahmendra Swami Reservoir to the Sagileru river. The building of this canal has however been criticised on the grounds of it posing a threat to the habitat of the highly endangered

Jerdon's courser Jerdon's courser (''Rhinoptilus bitorquatus'') is a nocturnal bird belonging to the pratincole and courser family Glareolidae endemic to India. The bird was discovered by the surgeon-naturalist Thomas C. Jerdon in 1848 but not seen again until i ...

References

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