It is under construction on Krishna River 23 kilometers upstream of existing Prakasam Barrage with FRL 25M.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara chandrababu Naidu laid the foundation stone[2] for this project on 13 February 2019.
Vykuntapuram Barrage features include:[3] To stabilize the existing irrigated area under Nagarjuna sagar right canal, a new lift project construction was started.
The second lift stage moves water from Vykuntapuram Barrage pond to the existing K.L Rao sagar pulichintala Project.
[citation needed] In the future, a large new dam named Palnadu Sagar across a hill range near Bollapalle[10] with 700 TMC capacity reservoir is possible using of flood water of Krishna River and Godavari River diverted with this lift project.