YELERU RESERVOIR PROJECT
Preamble:
Yeleru Reservoir Project (Y.R.P.) envisages formation of earth dam across river Yeleru to form a Reservoir near Yeleswaram Village in East Godavari District with gross storage capacity of 24.110 TMC. This Project is proposed to be implemented in two phases.
(i) The Phase - I of the project envisages to supply 73 million gallons per day of water to the steel plant at Visakhapatnam and to stabilize 67,614 acres of existing ayacut of Yeleru Irrigation System. An allocation of 23.440 TMC water for Visakhapatnam was provided in Polavaram Project report under Left Main Canal.
(ii) The Phase - II of the project envisages to irrigate an extent of 1.55 lakh acres in East Godavari and Visakhapatnam Districts, after completion of Polavaram Project and its Left Main Canal.
Salient features
| Location | : | Yeleswaram (Village & Mandal) |
| Longitude | : | 82° 5' 30'' E |
| Latitude | : | 17° 18' 0'' N |
| Year of Completion | : | 1991 |
| Ayacut | : | 53,017 Acres |
| Gross Storage | : | 24.110 TMC |
| Dead Storage | : | 6.160 TMC |
| Live Storage | : | 17.950 TMC |
| MDDL | : | + 72.54 Mts. |
| Area of Foreshore at F.R.L | : | 59.36 Sq.Km. |
| Spillway Crest Level | : | + 76.56 Mts. |
| FRL | : | + 86.56 Mts. |
| Lowest River Bed Level | : | + 48.00 Mts. |
| Dependable net yield | : | 24 TMC |
| Water Allocation | : | 12.95 TMC |
| Maximum flood discharge | : | 2.85 Lakhs, 2h cusecs |
| Canals | : | Open Head Channels |
| Water Allocation for Irrigation ( Both Khariff and Rabi ) |
: | 12.95 TMC |
| Water Allocation for Industries (for G.V.M.C or VIWSCo,. ) |
: | 5.00 TMC |
| Mandals benefited | : | Kirlampudi, Gollaprolu, Pithapuram, Jaggampeta, Yeleswaram and Prathipadu |
| Villages benefited | : | 76 Nos |
| Budget for the Year 2015-16 | : | 11.60 Crs |
| Cumulative Expenditure up to 05/2015 | : | 11.0400 Crores |