Gollapalli Reservoir

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Gollapalli Reservoir [1] is an irrigation project located in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh, India. It receives water from Handri-Neeva [2] canal which draws water from Srisailam reservoir. It is located at Gollapalli village in Penukonda [3] [4] [5] Constituency.

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The project was started as a part of Jalayagnam. It was inaugurated [6] on 2 December 2016 by then Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu. The storage capacity of the reservoir is 1.91 tmcft. Water is further pumped from this reservoir to Madakasira and Hindupur through HNSS [7] Main canal.

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References

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