Radial gate of Pulichintala project in A.P. washed away

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 06, Aug 2021

• Dr K.L.Rao Sagar Pulichintala Project is a balancing reservoir constructed across river Krishna near Pulichinta Village in Guntur District 
• Kanuru Lakshmana Rao (15 July 1902 – 18 May 1986) was an Indian engineer and a Padma Bhushan awardee  who served as the Union Minister of Irrigation & Power and Member of Parliament for Vijayawada from 1962 to 1977.

About Krishna River

• The Krishna River is the fourth-biggest river in terms of water inflows and river basin area in India, after the Ganga, Godavari and Brahmaputra. 
• It flows through Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
• The two largest tributaries are the Bhima (north/left bank) and the Tungabhadra (south/right bank).
• Source: Mahabaleshwar, Western Ghats
• Length: Approx 1,288 km
• Sea Merger: Bay of Bengal, Vijayawada
• Major Dams: Srisailam, Nagarjuna Sagar, Pulichintala