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The flood waters reaching the Prakasam Barrage constructed across river Krishna in Vijayawada stood at 3.88 lakh cusecs. Long-term plan needed to increase flood discharge capacity of Prakasam Barrage, says Union Minister Shivraj Chouhan Except for four gates, all other gates of the Barrage were lifted to discharge the flood. “Both inflows and outflows at Nagarjuna Sagar Project were 2.99 …

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M.A. Eswaran: a freedom fighter who was the brain behind Lower Bhavani Project, pleaded for rice

The story of the Lower Bhavani Project reads like a political drama in which the hero meets a tragic end. The first major irrigation project executed in Tamil Nadu after Independence, it turned Erode, Tiruppur, and Karur districts into a fertile landscape, irrigating 2,47,247 acres for the cultivation of paddy and other crops, besides generating 18 MW through two power …

Veligonda Project inauguration: ‘Fulfilled 20-yr-old dream of people of Prakasam,' says Jagan

ONGOLE : Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday inaugurated the 18.82-km-long twin tunnels of Poola Subbaiah Veligonda Project at Yeguvacherlopalli village in Dornala mandal of Prakasam district and dedicated them to the nation. The project will irrigate 4.47 lakh acres and provide drinking water to 15.25 lakh fluoride-affected people in the drought-prone areas of 23 mandals in Prakasam, …

Veligonda project’s twin tunnels turns a reality

Tirupati: Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday inaugurated the 18.82 km-long twin tunnels of the Poola Subbaiah Veligonda Project in Prakasam district. The ambitious project, which would irrigate 4.5 lakh acres and supply drinking water to more than 15 lakh people, was dedicated to the nation by the Chief Minister, who unveiled the project pylon. Addressing a public …

Jagan Mohan Reddy to inaugurate Veligonda project twin tunnels today

VIJAYAWADA : Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy will inaugurate the twin tunnels of Poola Subbaiah Veligonda Project, envisaged to provide irrigation facility to 4.47 lakh acres and drinking water to 15.25 lakh population in the drought-prone and fluoride- affected upland areas of Prakasam, Nellore and Kadapa districts, on Wednesday. The stage-I of the project envisages to provide irrigation facility …

Vijayawada: Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy would dedicate the twin tunnels as part of the Poola Subbaiah Veligonda project in Prakasam district to the nation on Wednesday. The CM will inaugurate the twin tunnels at Yeguvacherlopalli village in Dornala mandal and it is envisaged to provide irrigation facilities to 4.47 lakh acres and drinking water to 15.25 lakh people …

Major breakthrough for Veligonda project, MEIL completes 2nd tunnel excavation

Tirupati: The Poola Subbaiah Veligonda irrigation project crossed a significant milestone on Tuesday. The tunnel excavation works for the mega irrigation project started 15 years ago. The state water resources department took up the excavation of two tunnels from Kothur near Dornala in Prakasam district to Kollam Vagu in the upper reaches of the Srisailam project in the Nallamala forest …

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Naidu visits Gundlakamma project

Kurnool: Telugu Desam chief N. Chandrababu Naidu accused ruling party leaders of having shares in the granite trade in Cheemakurthy and facing problems due to it. Naidu, who visited the Gundlakamma project in Prakasam district on Sunday, said that the granite contractors did not face any problems during the TD regime. However, he alleged that the Chief Minister and the …

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Prema kept away from testing for HIV and AIDS due to social stigma associated with the disease. Thanks to intervention by the HELP, in collaboration with the Andhra Pradesh State AIDS Control Society, she has not only undergone the tests but also taking the anti-retroviral therapy, says HELP Intervention Group Project Director B.V. Sagar. ‘’We are persuading the vulnerable section …

VIJAYAWADA: In a rare sight within Vijayawada, authorities opened all 70 gates of Prakasam Barrage on Sunday to release floodwaters into the Bay of Bengal. Prakasam Barrage received 32,490 cusecs of floodwaters from Wazenapalli, 46,263 cusecs from Keesara and 18,894 cusecs from Paleru. With heavy inflows in Krishna River, water resources authorities have also lifted Srisailam project gates and released …