Route Guntur-Kurnool Highway | Work begun May 2005 | |
Length 18.8 kilometres (11.7 mi) Two tunnels of 9.2 m and 7 m diameter | ||
Veligonda Project is an under construction irrigation project located in Prakasam district in Andhra Pradesh, India. When completed, the project will provide irrigational facilities to 459,000 Acres and drinking water to 1.5 million people in 29 Mandals of fluorine and drought affected areas in Prakasam district, Nellore district and Kadapa district by diverting 43.5 TMC of floodwater of Krishna River from foreshore of Srisailam Reservoir near Kollamvagu and proposed to store in Nallamalasagar Reservoir. The water for the project is drawn through two 18.8 km long tunnels across Nallamala hills. The project has been renamed to Poola Subbaiah irrigation project.
Contents
The construction includes two parallel tunnels of 18.8 km with 9.2 m and 7 m internal diameter and 21.6 km Flood flow canal for the water transmission system linking with Srisailam Reservoir up to Guntur-Kurnool road. The project is being implemented by double shielded tunnel boring machine to make the tunnel without disturbing wildlife in the Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve.
Status of progress of the project
Expected completion
As per the first estimation by the contractors and engineers the project was scheduled to complete by 2012 and it has missed several deadlines. However, the date of completion for the first phase has been set back by three years to March 2018.