Chitravathi River

Rising in Karnataka, it flows into Andhra Pradesh and its basin covers an area of over 5,900 km2.

[2] The mandals that it drains in the two states are Bagepalli, Gorantla, Hindupur, Puttaparthi, Bukkapatnam, Dharmavaram, Tadipatri and Mudigubba.

[7] The proposal to build a barrage at Paragodu by the Government of Karnataka has been opposed by politicians from Andhra Pradesh who argue that the move is likely to affect the availability of water for the various tank irrigation projects that exist in the Andhra districts.

[6][8][9] Sand mining, much of it illegal, is rampant in the Chitravathi basin and this has resulted in severe depletion of groundwater resources in the region.

[10] Chitravathi is also known as the Deva Kanya and it flows through the pilgrim town of Puttaparthi, the place of Indian spiritual leader Sathya Sai Baba.