Yeleru Reservoir Project is coming up across the Yeleru river, at Yeleswaram village in the erstwhile East Godavari district. The project will be taken up in two phases. The project will have a storage capacity of 24.10 tmc ft of water. On completion, the project will provide water for Vizag steel plant, besides irrigating more than 2.2 lakh acres. The Andhra Pradesh Government has sanctioned Rs 292 crore in this regard. Out of this, a sum of Rs 142 crore will be spent in the first phase to complete the pending modernisation works, Rs 150 crore will be spent for the second phase of the project.
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