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'''Kandeleru Dam''' is an irrigation project built on the Kandaleru River in [[Rapur]] Mandal, [[Nellore district]] in the Indian state of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20130125103821/http://www.hindu.com/2000/06/23/stories/04234019.htm "Bringing water from Somasila dam to Kandaleru not possible"], ''The Hindu'', 23 June 2000<br>- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071205045148/http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/16/stories/2006081616490300.htm "Water release from Kandaleru dam begins"], ''The Hindu'', 16 August 2006<br>- [https://web.archive.org/web/20040503005308/http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/16/stories/2004021604730100.htm "Kandaleru water may reach State today "], ''The Hindu'', 16 February 2004</ref> The project is part of the [[Telugu Ganga project]] that supplies drinking water to [[Chennai]] city from the [[Srisailam Dam|Srisailam reservoir]] on [[Krishna River]]. Kandaleru reservoir is mainly fed by a link canal from [[Somasila Dam]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Kandaleru_Balancing_Reservoir/Kandaleru_Project_D05565|title= Kandaleru Balancing Reservoir D05565|accessdate= 30 June 2014}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The Telugu Ganga project provides irrigation. <br />
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== Design ==<br />
It is an earth dam about 12 km long. Gross storage capacity is 72 [[tmcft|billion cubic feet]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Kandaleru Dam D05565|url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Kandaleru_/Kandaleru_Dam_D05565|accessdate=9 July 2015}}</ref> The dam includes a head regulator, spillway and a [[sundial]]. The lead engineer was Shri Gudimella Raghupathi who designed and built the sundial in the dam.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Nagarjuna Sagar tail pond]]<br />
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