Lanka Sagar Dam

Lanka Sagar is a water project centered on an earth-fill dam on the Kuttalair River (Krishna Godavari Basin) 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 7353acre.SpecificationsThe height of the dam above lowest foundation is 13m while the length is 2718m. The gross storage capacity of the dam is 18842000m3 and its spillway is controlled by 48 floodgates.