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Telugu Ganga project

Telugu Ganga project is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Telugu Ganga project rather than just read about it. In short: The Telugu Ganga project is a joint water supply scheme implemented in India in 1980s by the then Andhra Pradesh chief minister Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao and Tamil Nadu chief minister Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran to provide drinking water to Chennai City in Tamil Nadu. It is also known as the Krishna Water Supply Project, since the source of the water is the Krishna River in erstwhile Andhra Pradesh.

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Reference excerpt

The Telugu Ganga project is a joint water supply scheme implemented in India in 1980s by the then Andhra Pradesh chief minister Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao and Tamil Nadu chief minister Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran to provide drinking water to Chennai City in Tamil Nadu. It is also known as the Krishna Water Supply Project, since the source of the water is the Krishna River in erstwhile Andhra Pradesh. Water is drawn from the Srisailam reservoir and diverted towards Chennai through a series of interlinked canals, over a distance of about 406 kilometres (252 mi), before it reaches the destination at the Poondi reservoir near Chennai. The main checkpoints en route include the Somasila reservoir in Penna River valley, the Kandaleru reservoir, the 'Zero Point' near Uthukkottai where the water enters Tamil Nadu territory and finally, the Poondi reservoir, also known as Satyamurthy Sagar. From Poondi, water is distributed through a system of link canals to other storage reservoirs located at Red Hills, Sholavaram and Chembarambakkam. The project was approved in 1977 after an agreement was reached between Tamil Nadu and the riparian states of Krishna River: Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka. According to the agreement, each of the three riparian states were to contribute 5 billion cubic feet (140×10^6 m3) of water annually, for a total supply of 15 billion cubic feet (420×10^6 m3). This number was revised down to 12 billion cubic feet (340×10^6 m3) in 1983 after accounting for seepage and evaporation losses. The water initially supplied by the canal was disappointing, delivering less than 500 million cubic feet (14×10^6 m3). In 2002, the religious leader Sathya Sai Baba announced a scheme of restoration and lining of the canal; a private undertaking. With an extensive rebuilding of the canal and several reservoirs, the project was completed in 2004, when the Poondi reservoir received Krishna water for the first time. The supply of water to Chennai city in 2006 was 3.7 billion cubic feet (100×10^6 m3). After the re-lining and reconstruction, the Kandaleru-Poondi part of the canal was renamed Sai Ganga.

Jerdon's Courser The area has however continued to be threatened by illegal construction work and activity related to a project proposed to link the rivers of India.

Notes

References "Krishna Water". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 September 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) "Krishna water project hits milestone". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 20 January 2007. Archived from the original on 22 January 2007. Retrieved 17 September 2007. Nikku, Bala Raju (August 2004). "Water Rights, Conflicts and Collective Action: Case of Telugu Ganga Project, India" (PDF). The Tenth Biennial Conference of the International Association for theStudy of Common Property. Retrieved 7 August 2013. "Interlinking of Rivers in India". Govt. of India. 11 August 2003. Retrieved 17 September 2007.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Telugu Ganga project

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Telugu Ganga project claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Telugu Ganga project before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Telugu Ganga project ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Telugu Ganga project

In research: Telugu Ganga project appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Telugu Ganga project in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Telugu Ganga project is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Canals in Tamil Nadu, Chennai geography stubs, Geography of Chennai, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Telugu Ganga project outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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