Hundri-Neeva sujala sravanthi (HNSS) project
Hundri-Neeva has come up as a giant lift scheme in fulfilment of his dream more than one and half centuries after he left the scene. Given the geographical conditions, there could not have been any better solution to Rayalaseema.
NTR took up Hundri-Neeva based on designs prepared by K. Sriramakrishnayya. As it turned out, it has been implemented without a link between the rivers Hundri and Neeva as originally planned. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy included it in his Jalayagnam as a Rs 6,850-crore mega lift project and undertook works through fast-track.
Hundri-Neeva promises to become the region’s lifeline as it would utilize 40 tmcft of surplus water of the Krishna to irrigate 6.02 lakh acres in Kurnool, Anantapur, Kadapa and Chittoor districts and meet drinking needs of 33 lakh people, both through a 550-km long canal, the second longest in India. Water would be pumped up from Srisailam at Malyala in Kurnool district, lifted to an awesome 1,110 ft height and pushed into Adavipalli reservoir at the canal’s last point lying in far-flung Chittoor district.
Phase I comprises 216 km length of the canal with stretches of eight giant pipelines going in a row supported by pumps, connecting three reservoirs Krishnagiri, Pattikonda and Jeedipalli.Now, only two tmcft is being lifted to fill Jeedipalli although 14 tmcft is envisaged under this phase. A sum of Rs 2,783 crore has been spent on the project overall so far.
Hundri-Neeva has come up as a giant lift scheme in fulfilment of his dream more than one and half centuries after he left the scene. Given the geographical conditions, there could not have been any better solution to Rayalaseema.
NTR took up Hundri-Neeva based on designs prepared by K. Sriramakrishnayya. As it turned out, it has been implemented without a link between the rivers Hundri and Neeva as originally planned. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy included it in his Jalayagnam as a Rs 6,850-crore mega lift project and undertook works through fast-track.
Hundri-Neeva promises to become the region’s lifeline as it would utilize 40 tmcft of surplus water of the Krishna to irrigate 6.02 lakh acres in Kurnool, Anantapur, Kadapa and Chittoor districts and meet drinking needs of 33 lakh people, both through a 550-km long canal, the second longest in India. Water would be pumped up from Srisailam at Malyala in Kurnool district, lifted to an awesome 1,110 ft height and pushed into Adavipalli reservoir at the canal’s last point lying in far-flung Chittoor district.
Phase I comprises 216 km length of the canal with stretches of eight giant pipelines going in a row supported by pumps, connecting three reservoirs Krishnagiri, Pattikonda and Jeedipalli.Now, only two tmcft is being lifted to fill Jeedipalli although 14 tmcft is envisaged under this phase. A sum of Rs 2,783 crore has been spent on the project overall so far.
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