- Vamsadhara River
River Vamsadhara (also called Bansadhara in Orissa) is an important east flowing
river betweenMahanadi and Godavari, in SouthernOrissa and North EasternAndhra Pradesh states inIndia .It is situated in the geographic co-ordinates of 18 15 to 19 55 north latitudes and 83 20 84 20 east longitudes.
The river originates near Lanjigarh village in
Kalahandi district of Orissa and runs for a distance of about 254 kilometers and joins theBay of Bengal atKalingapatnam .The total catchement area of the river basin is about 10,830 square kilometers.
Tourist attractions of
Mukhalingam andKalingapatnam in Srikakulam district are located on the banks of this river.Name of this river originates from words bansa (bamboo) and dhara (water flow). This river originates from forests with bamboo trees. So, it was named as
Bansadhara inOriya and transliterated asVamsadhara inTelugu .The Vamsadhara Project
Boddepalli Rajagopala Rao Project was constructed on Vamsadhara river. [ [http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2007061453840400.htm&date=2007/06/14/&prd=th& The Hindu on Vamsadhara project] ] The Vamsadhara project has two canals viz., the left main canal (LMC), irrigating about convert|148000|acre|km2|-1, and the right main canal (RMC) covering an ayacut of convert|62280|acre|km2|0. The left main canal was completed long back. The right main canal was delayed due to various reasons. Gotta Reservoir feeds the right main canal. About 166 villages in seven mandals viz., L.N. Peta,Hiramandalam ,Burja ,Amadalavalasa ,Gara ,Sarubujjili andSrikakulam will be benefited from the RMC.References
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