It would be located at Veltoor village, Peddamandadi mandal, Wanaparthy district, Telangana, India.

In 2020,[7] the Government of Andhra Pradesh has under taken construction works for Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Project,[8] to divert 8 TMC of water per day from Srisailam Dam via lift by modernising existing canals of Telugu Ganga Project (inter-basin transfer to Penna basin i.e. Somasila Dam and Kandaleru Dam; there after to Poondi reservoir in Tamil Nadu provide 15 TMC of drinking water to the city of Chennai) and Srisailam Right Bank Canal (inter-basin transfer to Penna basin via Galeru Nagari Sujala Sravanthi Project).

The existing canals already draw 4 TMC of water per day from Srisailam Dam.

As of June 2021, this project has no approvals from all the concerned authorities including Central Water Commission, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change etc.

As of June 2021, this project has no approvals from all the concerned authorities including Central Water Commission, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change etc.