5.3 Rivers and irrigation projects notes

1. 5.3.1Godavari in Andhra Pradesh: course, tributaries and delta

   The Godavari, India's longest peninsular river, enters Andhra Pradesh in its last stretch, cuts the Papikondalu gorge, is joined by the Sabari at Kunavaram and, below Rajamahendravaram and the Dowleswaram barrage, splits into the Gautami and Vasishta to form a rich delta.

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2. 5.3.2Krishna in Andhra Pradesh: course, tributaries and delta

   The Krishna rises near Mahabaleshwar, receives the Tungabhadra at the edge of AP, forms the AP–Telangana boundary past Srisailam, Nagarjuna Sagar and Pulichintala, and below the Prakasam Barrage at Vijayawada builds a delta that reaches the sea near Hamsaladeevi.

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3. 5.3.3Pennar, Vamsadhara, Nagavali, Swarnamukhi and other rivers of AP

   Besides the Godavari and Krishna, AP is drained by the Pennar across Rayalaseema and Nellore, by short rivers of the north coast that rise in Odisha or the Eastern Ghats (Vamsadhara, Nagavali, Champavati, Gosthani, Sarada), and by south-coast rivers such as the Gundlakamma and Swarnamukhi.

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4. 5.3.4Polavaram project: features, displacement and status

   The Indira Sagar Polavaram project is a multipurpose dam on the Godavari near Polavaram, declared a national project by Section 90 of the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014, that will irrigate the coastal districts, carry 80 TMC of Godavari water to the Krishna and supply Visakhapatnam, at the cost of large tribal displacement.

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5. 5.3.5Major irrigation projects: Srisailam, Nagarjuna Sagar, Somasila, Telugu Ganga, Handri–Neeva and others

   AP's big irrigation works are a chain on the Krishna (Srisailam, Nagarjuna Sagar, Pulichintala, Prakasam Barrage), the Godavari delta system at Dowleswaram, and a set of canals and lifts that take Krishna flood water from Srisailam to drought-prone Rayalaseema and Prakasam–Nellore.

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6. 5.3.6Interstate river disputes involving AP: Krishna, Godavari and Vamsadhara tribunals

   As the lowest riparian on the Krishna, Godavari and Vamsadhara, AP has been a party to three tribunals under the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956, and since 2014 also shares the Krishna and Godavari with Telangana through river boards and a pending tribunal reference.

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