K. C. Canal

It starts from the Sunkesula barrage located on the Tungabhadra River near Kurnool.

[4] The navigation system was abandoned during 1933 and the canal continued to be a major irrigation source.

To improve the efficiency of the system, modernization of the entire canal and repairs/reconstruction of the structures is taken up under K.C.

The canal presently irrigates nearly 1,70,000 acres with 40 Tmcft (thousand million cubic feet) water utilisation from the Krishna River.

Canal from the recently commissioned Muchumarri lift or Handri-Neeva lift canal pump house from the Srisailam reservoir when its water level (up to 798 ft msl) is below the minimum drawdown level of Pothireddypadu head regulator which also feeds Telugu Ganga, Srisailam right bank canal and Galeru Nagari projects.