Lanka Sagar Dam

Lanka Sagar is a water project centered on an earth-fill dam on the Kuttalair River 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 irrigati…
Lanka Sagar is a water project centered on an earth-fill dam on the Kuttalair River 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 7,353 acres.
  • Location: Khammam district, Andhra Pradesh, India
  • Purpose: Irrigation, municipal water
  • Construction began: 10 December 1964
  • Opening date: 1968
  • Height (foundation): 13 m (43 ft)
  • Length: 2,718 m (8,917 ft)
  • Creates: Lanka Sagar Reservoir
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