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Velagalapalle lift irrigation scheme, Papinenipalli lift irrigation scheme are also part of the project. About 2.58 TMC water to the mega industrial hub at
Donakonda in Prakasam district and another 1.27 TMC water National Investment and Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ) in Pamuru and Pedacherlopalle mandals of Prakasam district are also parts of the expanded scope of the project.
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contractors who bagged the project were also vexed due to difficulties in making the tunnels in the toughest terrain. The tunnel-1 which was 18.787 km long was completed for a length of 13.6 km by 2014. Although digging of just around 5 km is left to commission the project, the irrigation department could complete only around 2 kms between 2014-19.
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The design includes two parallel tunnels of 18.8 km with 7 m (tunnel 1) and 9.2 m (tunnel 2) internal diameter and a 21.6 km flood flow canal for the water transmission system linking
Srisailam reservoir to a reservoir called 'Nallamala Sagar'. Nallamala Sagar is planned to have 43.5
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Irrigation to 1.19 lakh acres and drinking water to 4 lakh population in
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