Name Official: | Telugu: సర్దార్ గౌతు లచ్చన్న తోటపల్లి బ్యారేజి English: Sardar Gouthu Latchanna Thotapalli Barrage Hindi: सर्दार् गौतु लच्चन्न तोटपल्लि बांध |
Dam Crosses: | Nagavali River |
Country: | India |
Res Name: | Sardar Gouthu Latchanna Thotapalli Barrage |
Location: | Parvathipuram Manyam district, Andhra Pradesh |
Dam Length: | 8200m (26,900feet) |
Dam Height: | 20.2m (66.3feet) from river level |
Dam Width Base: | 6m (20feet) |
Construction Began: | 10 September 2003 |
Opening: | 10 September 2015 |
Cost: | 775 crore rupees |
Res Capacity Total: | 2.51 Tmcft |
Location Map: | India Andhra Pradesh |
Coordinates: | 18.7847°N 83.4964°W |
Thotapalli Barrage is located in Garugubilli Mandal, Parvathipuram Manyam district of Andhra Pradesh State. It was named after the freedom fighter and Political leader Sardar Gouthu Latchanna. The project construction was in between 2003 and 2015. This Project was inaugurated by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandra babu Naidu on 10 September 2015. The Project provides irrigation to 1,20,000 acres in Srikakulam and Parvathipuram Manyam districts.[1]
In 1908, the old Thotapalli regulator was constructed across the Nagavali River with a 64,000 acres irrigation potential. The regulator was replaced by the current barrage which has a 2.51 Tmcft storage capacity and an additional 56,000 acres irrigation potential.[2] [3]