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| name =Lanka Sagar Dam<br />
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| res_name =Lanka Sagar Reservoir<br />
| location =[[Khammam district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]<br />
| dam_length ={{convert|2718|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} <br />
| dam_height_foundation={{convert|13|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} <br />
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| construction_began = 10 December 1964<br />
| opening = 1968<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZKs1gBhJSWIC&q=Lankasagar&pg=PA671 | title=Hydrology and Water Resources of India | publisher=Springer |author1=S. Sharad Kumar Jain |author2=Pushpendra K. Agarwal |author3=V. Vijay P. Singh | year=2007 | pages=671 | isbn=978-1402051807 |accessdate=17 July 2013}}</ref><br />
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|purpose =Irrigation, municipal water<br />
|res_capacity_total = {{Convert|18842000|m3|acre.ft|0|abbr=on}}<br />
|res_capacity_active ={{Convert|17290000|m3|acre.ft|0|abbr=on}}<br />
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'''Lanka Sagar''' is a water project centered on an [[earth-fill dam]] on the Kuttalair River ([[Krishna Godavari Basin]]) near Adivimallala village in [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]. The villages of [[Rajugudem]], Chowdavaram, Pallewada, Lankasagar are located around this project. It was built in 1968. The purpose of the dam is water supply for irrigation and drinking water. The project affords the irrigation of {{Convert|7353|acre|ha|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Khammam District|url=http://irrigation.cgg.gov.in/dp/KhammamDistrictProfile.jsp|publisher=Centre for Good Governance|accessdate=17 July 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120717154954/http://irrigation.cgg.gov.in/dp/KhammamDistrictProfile.jsp|archivedate=17 July 2012}}</ref><br />
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==Specifications==<br />
The height of the dam above lowest foundation is {{convert|13|m|abbr=on}} while the length is {{convert|2718|m|abbr=on}}. The gross storage capacity of the dam is {{convert|18842000|m3|acre feet|abbr=on}} and its [[spillway]] is controlled by 48 floodgates.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Lankasagar_D02073 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130717145711/http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Lankasagar_D02073 | url-status=dead | archive-date=17 July 2013 | title=Lankasagar D02073 | accessdate=17 July 2013 }}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of reservoirs and dams in India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Dams in Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Dams completed in 1968]]<br />
[[Category:Earth-filled dams]]<br />
[[Category:1968 establishments in Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
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