51-512: Podili is a Municipality Town in Prakasam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh . It is the mandal headquarters of Podili mandal. Podili is also known as Prudulapuri. Before British rule its name was "Prudulapuri" meaning "Head quarters of the universe". There is purana reference to this related to Prudhu Chakravarthi. Podili is also known as Prudulapuri. Before British rule its name
102-605: A balancing reservoir by separating some area of the NS reservoir with a new dam across the Bhimanapalli Vagu tributary at 16°34′33″N 79°06′53″E / 16.57583°N 79.11472°E / 16.57583; 79.11472 ( Proposed dam location ) just upstream of the Puttamgandi PH approach channel. This new dam with FRL 590 feet (180 m) MSL, would not submerge any additional area other than
153-489: A greater number of statutory towns, the states would be able to get more money from the Centre as per the 14th Finance Commission Report. Additionally, under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), 50% weightage is given to the number of statutory towns in the state/UT to determine the allocation of funds to these states/UTs. Following this notification, Maharashtra state government converted 19 CTs in
204-563: A hot climate for most of the year. Summer is very hot. According to Census 2011, Podili's urban population is 31,145. Out of this, 15,681 are males while the females count 15464 here. This town has 3349 kids in the age group of 0–6 years. Among them 1753 are boys and 1596 are girls. According to 2011 census, the total number of households present in Podili Mandal is 16230.Podili municipality merged three Grama Panchayaths (Kambhalapadu, Madalavaripalem, Nandipalem) in 2020. In 2021 population
255-424: A huge leap during 1995–2004 with the commissioning of Krishna river water project (Phases I – III) at a total cost of over ten thousand crores to supply an additional 190Mgd to Hyderabad from Nagarjuna sagar. The project incurs an additional evaporation and leakage loss of 64 Mgd. About 30% of the water naturally flowing to Krishna Delta before 1995 is now diverted to Hyderabad. The reservoir dead storage water below
306-438: A power generation capacity of 815.6 MW with 8 units (1x110 MW+7x100.8 MW). The first unit was commissioned on 7 March 1978 and the 8th unit on 24 December 1985. The right canal plant has a power generation capacity of 90 MW with 3 units of 30 MW each. The left canal plant has a power generation capacity of 60 MW with 2 units of 30 MW each. The tail pond is under advanced stage of construction to put to use
357-566: Is 203 km (126 mi) long with a maximum 311.5 cumecs capacity and irrigates 4,520 square kilometres (1.117 × 10 ^ acres) of land in Guntur and Prakasam districts. The left canal (Lalbahadur Shastri canal) is 179 km (111 mi) long with maximum 311.5 cumecs capacity and irrigates 4,080 square kilometres (1.008 × 10 ^ acres) of land in Nalgonda, Suryapet, Krishna, West Godavari and Khammam districts. The project transformed
408-606: Is a contour gravity canal with gradual downward gradient (≃ 1:10,000) along the water flow direction. This canal can be used for transferring nearly 80 TMC Godavari River water into the Nagarjuna Sagar reservoir in addition to supplying the Godavari water under its entire command area. Thus a total of 210 TMC of Godavari water can be used in the Krishna basin of Telangana state from Srisailam and Jurala reservoirs for
459-608: Is a masonry dam across the Krishna River at Nagarjuna Sagar which straddles the border between Palnadu district in Andhra Pradesh and Nalgonda district in Telangana . The dam provides irrigation water to the districts of Krishna , Guntur , Palnadu , Prakasam and parts of West Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh and also Nalgonda , Suryapet , Khammam , Bhadradri Kothagudem districts of Telangana. It
510-563: Is a nucleus of either thirty occupied houses on both sides of the road or twenty occupied houses on one side of the Road". Census towns were distinct from municipal towns ; the latter, which had legally defined boundaries and local government powers, were abolished by the Local Government Reform Act 2014 . Census towns were replaced by built up areas in the 2022 census . Nagarjuna Sagar Dam Nagarjuna Sagar Dam
561-489: Is a proposal for a Green Field Domestic Airport at Ongole. The Kakatiyas were yet another dynasty to hold sway over the area comprised in Prakasam district. The first ruler who had anything to do with this district was Rudra (1150-1195 A.D.) The next phase in the conquest of this district appears to be in the time of Ganapathi Deva. He was the son of Mahadeva. So far as this district is concerned, Ganapathi Deva subdued
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#1732801497084612-854: Is a town in Podili Mandal in Prakasam District of Andhra Pradesh State, India. It is located on Kurnool-Ongole Highway. NH 565 passes through the Outskirt of Podili Municipality which connects Podili to Hyderabad on the Northern side and Nellore on the Southern side and further connects to Chennai via NH 16. Other than that the Podili-Vinukonda, Podili-Tangutur, Podili-Markapur which is a State Highways, connects Podili to all major towns in state. Podili-Tangutur Road connects it to NH 16 towards Chennai. Rail The nearest Railway Station
663-508: Is also a source of electricity generation for the national grid . Constructed between 1955 and 1967, the dam created a water reservoir with gross storage capacity of 11.472 billion cubic metres (405.1 × 10 ^ cu ft), its effective capacity is 6.92 cubic km or 244.41 Tmcft. The dam is 124 metres (407 ft) tall from its deepest foundation and 1.6 kilometres (5,200 ft) long with 26 flood gates which are 13 metres (42 ft) wide and 14 metres (45 ft) tall. It
714-538: Is around 52100 Podili is declared as Municipality in 2020. And it is merged with three Grama Panchayaths (Kambhalapadu, Madalavari Palem, Nandi Palem). All nearby villages merged in Podili Municipality. Podili Nagara Panchayat was selected for the ‘Swachh Shahar Samvaad’ award presented by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. Podili Nagara Panchayat Commissioner received the award from
765-564: Is at Donakonda which is 35 km far from the Podili Municipality. Railway Station at Ongole and Markapur road is around 50 km and 44 km away from the Podili Municipality. There is a proposed railway line from Nadikudi to srikalahasti which passes through Podili Town. Air Vijayawada is the nearest Airport to Podili is at a distance of 172 km. Other International nearby Airports are Hyderabad, Tirupati and Chennai. All these Airports have good connectivity with major Indian cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Banglore and other International Cities. There
816-1795: Is easily available. In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population has attained urban characteristics. Census towns are governed by gram panchayats , unlike statutory towns. They are characterized by the following: Examples of Indian census towns include Kapsi in Chhattisgarh , Avinissery in Thrissur District of Kerala , Greater Noida , Chakeri and Manauri in Uttar Pradesh , Indranagar in Tripura , Begampur , Chandpara , Nandigram , Chittaranjan and Beliatore in West Bengal , Chevella in Telangana , Amini in Lakshadweep , Deolali in Maharashtra , Ghatshila in Purbi Singhbhum District of Jharkhand , BGR Township ( Bongaigaon Refinery Township ) in Bongaigaon Urban Agglomeration of Assam , Pileru in Andhra Pradesh , Chikhli in Gujarat and Ichgam in Jammu and Kashmir . The number of census towns (CTs) in India grew from 1,362 in 2001 to 3,894 in 2011. As per Pradhan (2013), these CTs account for 30% of
867-516: Is heard of his successors or sons. Podili is located on kurnool - ongole Road. It is 15.604°N 79.608°E in the Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh. It has an area of 43.88 square kilometres (16.94 sq mi). Podili-Kanigiri Plain is located in the South central part of the district expanding over complete Podili and parts of Markapur, Tarlupadu , Kanigiri and Pamur areas. It is drained by Musi and Paleru rivers with their tributaries, which are
918-521: Is jointly operated by Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Nagarjuna Sagar Dam was the earliest in a series of large infrastructure projects termed as "modern temples" initiated for achieving the Green Revolution in India . It is also one of the earliest multi-purpose irrigation and hydroelectric projects in India. The Nizam made the British engineers begin the survey work for this dam across
969-508: Is required to ensure planned development of these areas. In this notification, Rajiv Gauba, Secretary (Urban Development) notes: The opportunity of planned urban development might get lost if unplanned construction and ad hoc provisioning of infrastructure is allowed to take place over a long time. Additionally, the Ministry, in the notification, has informed the states that they stand to gain from according statutory status to these towns. With
1020-483: Is supplied to the Hyderabad city from Nagarjuna Sagar (NS) reservoir. The water supply is nearly 50% of the total city water requirement. This water pumping scheme is part of Alimineti Madhava Reddy lift irrigation project with its foreshore pumping station at Puttamgandi which has nearly 2400 cusecs pumping capacity. The water supply to the Hyderabad city is nearly 15% of its total capacity. The approach channel from
1071-431: Is the present MLA of Markapuram Assembly constituency. Once Podili is an Assembly Constituency. It is a part of Ongole Lok Sabha constituency . The current MP of is Maagunta Srinivasul Reddy. Census town In India and some other countries, a well developed village is designated as a village where all basic facilities like health, education road connectivity, rail connectivity and other basic infrastructure
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#17328014970841122-546: The Paleru balancing reservoir, Pedda Devulapalli balancing reservoir, left canal head regulator on the rim of Nagarjuna Sagar reservoir and the existing major aqueducts across Halia, Musi and Munneru tributaries. The cost of this canal redesigning and the associated pump houses would be one third of a new scheme to transfer Godavari River water into Nagarjuna Sagar reservoir at its FRL 590 feet (180 m) MSL with least possible total pumping head. The above re-engineering of
1173-663: The diamond jubilee celebrations of the project's inauguration were held, alluding to the prosperity the dam has ushered into the region. The construction of the dam submerged an ancient Buddhist settlement, Nagarjunakonda , which was the capital of the Ikshvaku dynasty in the 1st and 2nd centuries and the successors of the Satavahanas in the Eastern Deccan. Excavations yielded 30 Buddhist monasteries as well as artwork and inscriptions of historical importance. Prior to
1224-447: The 125 m MSL can be fully released into the downstream river/tail pond through the existing diversion tunnel which was in use to divert the river flow during the dam construction. Nagarjuna Sagar reservoir, serving as low level reservoir, has potential to install nearly 2,18,000 MW high head pumped storage hydroelectric plants on its right side. At present nearly one Tmcft per month or 250 million gallons per day or 350 cusecs
1275-490: The Hyderabad city without depending on the water availability from NS reservoir during the non monsoon months and drought years. Sunkishala underground pump house is under construction at an estimated cost of Rs 1450 crores for drawing water up to 462 feet (141 m) MSL from the dead storage. The Nagarjuna Sagar left canal supplies nearly 130 TMC of water for irrigation needs in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states. This
1326-626: The Krishna River in the year 1903. The project's construction was officially inaugurated by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on 10 December 1955 and proceeded for the next twelve years. Raja Vasireddy Ramagopala Krishna Maheswara Prasad, popularly known as the late Muktyala Raja , was instrumental in the construction of the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam through active political lobbying and the donation of one hundred and ten million GBP in 1952 and 22,000 ha (55,000 acres) of land. It
1377-582: The Minister of State for the Housing and Urban Development at a function held in New Delhi on 30-9-2022. The municipality is continuously conducting the sanitation awareness programmes including rallies and demonstrations and special drives in the municipality limits. Drinking Water Residents depended on monsoon rains for drinking water. Currently, water from the reservoir Nagarjuna Sagar Dam reaches
1428-597: The Nandi Natakothsavam held in 2008, further cementing its cultural significance. There is a hill in Podili in the South side of the town which is under the ownership of the forest department. There is a temple at the top of the hill and there is a Koneru in that temple. Sivalayam is one of the old and famous temples in Podili Municipality. It is a part of Markapuram (Assembly constituency) along with Konakanamitla , Tarlupadu mandals. KANDULA NARAYANA REDDY
1479-469: The PH for supplying assured water supply to Hyderabad city, is not adequate due to meagre inflows into the NS reservoir in some years and the need to deplete the NS reservoir water below 502 ft MSL for other purposes. In these circumstances, adequate water is to be stored above the 502 ft MSL to maintain 100% assured water source without depending totally on NS reservoir. This is possible by constructing
1530-550: The Podili area in the 15th century A.D., with their capital at Podili. A few inscriptions and the kaifiyat of Podili form the sources of their history. The Saluvas were known as Sombuvarayas and are confused with the Saluvas of Guntur, who acquitted and distinguished themselves better than the Saluvas of Podili and became celebrated in Srinatha's works. The rule of the Saluvas of Podili ended with Telugu Rayudu. Afterwards nothing
1581-472: The Puttamgandi PH when inflows from the Bhimanapalli Vagu tributary is not satisfactory and water is at adequate level in NS reservoir during monsoon months. When water level of NS reservoir goes below the 502 ft MSL, water is fed to the Puttamgandi PH approach channel from the new balancing reservoir for pumping water needs of Hyderabad city. The cost of this new dam project would be nearly 1.5 billion rupees only which will provide 100% assured water supply to
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1632-586: The Velanadu Cholas, Telugu Cholas of Konidena and Chakranarayana princes. With the first, he acquired mastery over Podili and Darsi and seems to have entrusted it to the Kayastha chief Gangaya Sahini who was ruling from Panugal to Marajawadi. These series of conquests brought Podili, Darsi, Addanki, Markapur and Giddaluru taluks of this district under the sway of the Kakatiyas. The Saluvas ruled over
1683-440: The area already submerged by the NS reservoir. The water inflows from the Bhimanapalli Vagu tributary joining the NS reservoir are first impounded by the new dam and if found excess over flows into the downstream NS reservoir. This new balancing reservoir's live capacity is nearly 6 Tmcft above the 502 ft MDDL which is equal to six months water supply to the Hyderabad city. This reservoir would have provision to receive water from
1734-497: The economy of above districts. 54 villages (48 in Nalgonda and 6 in Guntur) were submersed in water and 24,000 people were affected. The relocation of the people was completed by 2007. Alimineti Madhava Reddy lift irrigation canal draws water from the Nagarjuna Sagar reservoir to irrigate 1,500 square kilometres (0.37 × 10 ^ acres) of land in Nalgonda district. This lift scheme with pump house located near Puttamgandi village on
1785-487: The flooding period by releasing the water fully into the canals. The unwanted canal water can be released into the natural stream when it is crossing the major stream. Thus run off power can be generated from the water going down unutilised into the river by the canal based power units also. The water level in the Nagarjunasagar reservoir shall be maintained above the minimum level required for these units in most of
1836-530: The left bank of Krishna river also supplies nearly 20 TMC water for the drinking water needs of Hyderabad city. Nearly 80% of the Nagarjuna Sagar water used in Hyderabad city is available for irrigation use in Nalgonda district in the form of regenerated water/treated sewage water. In addition, the high level flood flow canal drawing water from the left side shore of the reservoir also supplies irrigation water in Nalgonda district. The hydroelectric plant has
1887-662: The limelight in 2013 when a student from Podili bagged first rank in EAMCET and JEE Advanced. Similar thing happened on 14 April 2017 when a girl from Podili named Shaik Sharmila topped the Intermediate Board examinations conducted by the Andhra Pradesh Board of Intermediate Education . "Narthanasala," a renowned mythological play, was authored by Sri Chilamakuri Venakata Krishna Murthy, a prominent playwright resided in Podili. The play garnered accolades at
1938-545: The natural Krishna flow are now categorized as "completely degraded" forest areas. The Krishna River was once home to an ecological wonderland of freshwater fish and aquatic population that is now completely depopulated. The river stopped being navigable since the year of Nagarjuna sagar construction. Water planning for Hyderabad city started in 1920 with the tapping of Musi River for 15 Mgd. It progressed to tapping Esi (Himayat Sagar 1927 – 11mgd) and Manjira (1965–1993 – Majira and Singur dams) for another additional 130 Mgd. It took
1989-477: The natural silting process of a river to the deltas and created long-term ecological issues to the health of the delta lands. Reduced flows into the sea resulted in land salination and sea encroachment of coastal lands in Diviseema. The diversion of Krishna water for 200 km to Hyderabad resulted in massive evaporation losses especially in summer and reduced the size of Krishna River. Many forest preserves along
2040-452: The nearby tourist places of interest include: The artificial lift irrigation based diversion of the river from its natural delta area into Nalgonda district caused erosion of the fluorine -rich volcanic rocks in Nalgonda and contaminated its groundwater supply. It also caused uncertain flows of water into the Krishna River delta area and a shrinkage of the natural wonder "The Kolleru Lake". The use of erosion resistant canals interfered with
2091-744: The new projects with 100% water dependability. Godavari water transferred into the Nagarjuna Sagar reservoir and Krishna main river can also be used for the proposed Palamuru lift irrigation and Nakkalagandi lift irrigation schemes in Telangana. This is possible by re-engineering of the left canal to reverse its water flow direction from the location (near 17°22′13″N 80°21′43″E / 17.37028°N 80.36194°E / 17.37028; 80.36194 ) where Godavari water would be pumped into this canal. The canal embankments would be raised to facilitate flow reversing towards Nagarjuna Sagar reservoir and intermediate pumping stations (with low head & high flow concrete volute pumps) would be installed near
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2142-442: The pumped storage features of 7 x 100.8 MW units. And it will be useed for irrigation. Many times, it happens that power generation from the 150 MW canal based units is not optimised when the Nagarjunasagar reservoir is overflowing on its spillway and less water is required for irrigation from the canals during the monsoon floods. Power generation from the canal based hydro units can be optimised by running these units during
2193-515: The reservoir to the Puttamgandi pump house (PH) is located at 16°34′31″N 79°07′51″E / 16.57528°N 79.13083°E / 16.57528; 79.13083 ( Puttangadi PH approach channel ) where the Bhimanapalli Vagu tributary is joining the Krishna river. The minimum draw down level (MDDL) of the PH is 502 feet (153 m) MSL below which water can not be pumped from NS reservoir. The reliability / dependability of
2244-454: The reservoir's flooding, monuments were dug up and relocated. Some were moved to Nagarjunakonda, now an island in the middle of the reservoir. Others were moved to the nearby mainland village of Anupu. The site of the dam was selected in 2022 to be developed as part of the UDAN scheme. The selection calls for the development of a water aerodrome at the site. The right canal (Jawahar canal)
2295-543: The sources of minor irrigation. The geology shows Archaean and lower Pre-Cambrian rock formations while the soils are Ustalfs-Tropepts. Podili has a tropical climate, specifically a tropical wet and dry climate (Aw) under the Koppen climate classification, Podili is located near the coast of the Bay of Bengal. The Podili town is surrounded by the range of Eastern Ghats. It has an average elevation of 154 metres (505 feet), and enjoys
2346-404: The state to statutory ULBs. These 19 CTs are in close proximity to the town of Pune and this conversion is expected to lessen the infrastructure and population pressures on the town. According to Ireland's Central Statistics Office , a census town by definition was a "cluster of fifty or more occupied dwellings, not having a legally defined boundary, in which within a distance of 800 m there
2397-418: The time by releasing water from the upstream Srisailam reservoir to optimise the power generation from the canal based units during dry season. Nagarjunasagar Dam is one of the popular weekend getaways. It is 146 km away from Guntur , 184 km away from Vijayawada and 152 km away from Hyderabad . Thousands of tourists visit the dam when gates are open in monsoon season (around September / October). Some of
2448-557: The town via pumplines through a plant near Doruvu. The first cases of endemic skeletal fluorosis (and its neurological signs) in the world were recorded in the Podili, Darsi and Kanigiri areas of Andhra Pradesh in 1937. The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the School Education Department of the state. The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English, Telugu. Podili came into
2499-452: The urban growth in the last decade. Pradhan also notes that the largest increase in the number of CTs was in the states of West Bengal and Kerala. The Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, in May 2016 asked the 28 states in India to take action to start the process of recognizing CTs as urban areas. The argument given for this conversion was that a statutory Urban Local Body (ULB)
2550-488: Was "Prudulapuri" meaning "Head quarters of the universe". There is purana reference to this related to Prudhu Chakravarthi. Podili Hill is very famous with name of Podili Konda. Podili is connected by road to all cities in Andhra Pradesh by Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, Operated by its own depot. Railway line. Nadikudi-srikalahasthi is passing (under construction) through the town. Road Podili
2601-432: Was the tallest masonry dam in the world at that time, built entirely with local know-how under the engineering leadership of Kanuri Lakshmana Rao . The reservoir water was released into the left and right bank canals by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on 4 August 1967. Construction of the hydroelectric power plant followed, with power generation increasing between 1978 and 1985 as additional units came into service. In 2015,
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