Nagavali River

The River Nagavali also known

as Langulya is one of the main
rivers of Southern Odisha and
Northern Andhra Pradesh
States in India,[1] between
Rushikulya and Godavari
basins.
 Nagavali
Langulya

River

Country India

Source Lakhbahal

Length 256.5km
(159mi)
approx.

Discharge for Bay of

Bengal

-average 24m3/s
(848cuft/s)
Nagavali river near Srikakulam.

Nagavali river near Srikakulam.

Origin and Course

Nagavali River rises in the
eastern slopes of the Eastern
Ghats near Lakhbahal in the
Kalahandi district of Odisha at
an elevation of about 1,300
metres (4,300ft). The
geographic co-ordinates of the
river are north latitudes 18 10
to 19 44 and east longitudes of
82 53 to 84 05. Niyamgiri hills
where Bauxite mining is
proposed are located in
Nagavali river basin.[2]

The total length of the river is

about 256 kilometres (159mi),
of which 161 kilometres
(100mi) are in Odisha and the
rest in Andhra Pradesh. The
catchment area of the basin is
9,510 square kilometres
(3,670sqmi). Nagavali is an
interstate river with 4,462
square kilometres (1,723sqmi)
and 5,048 square kilometres
(1,949sqmi) river basin area
located in Odisha and Andhra
Pradesh respectively. The river
basin receives 1,000
millimetres (39in) average rain
fall annually. The uplands of the
river basin are hilly areas with
predominantly tribal populated.
It drains parts of the Kalahandi,
Rayagada and Koraput districts
of Odisha and Srikakulam,
Vizianagaram districts of
Andhra Pradesh.

Tributaries
The main tributaries of the
River Nagavali are Jhanjavati,
Barha, Baldiya, Satnala,
Sitagurha, Srikona,
Gumudugedda, Vottigedda,
Suvarnamukhi, Vonigedda,
Relligedda and Vegavati. The
Suvarnamukhi river takes its
birth in the hills of Salur mandal
and takes an eastern direction
and finally join the Nagavali at
Sangam village in Vangara
mandal of Srikakulam District.
Vegavathi originates in
pachipenta hills of Pachipenta
Mandal.

Vegavathi River takes its

origin in the Pachipenta hills
in Eastern Ghats. It is a
tributary to Suvarnamukhi,
which in turn is a tributary to
River Nagavali. Salur town
and Paradhi are located on
the banks of this river. There
 are two road bridges at these
places.

Towns and Cities

Rayagada town and district
headquarters of Rayagada
dist of Odisha, River Nagavali
flows in outskirts of the
town.
Srikakulam town, the district
headquarters in Andhra
Pradesh: River Nagavali
flows through Srikakulam
town and meets the sea at
Kallepalli village, 5kilometers
far from Srikakulam town.
 Hatipathar, near Rayagada: It
is a place of great scenic
beauty with two waterfalls on
the course of River Nagavali.
The boulders here appear in
a way that look like huge
elephants.

Irrigation Projects
Jhanjavati Project
185149N 832605E is
located at Rajyalaxmipuram
village in Komarada mandal
of Vizianagaram district on
Jhanjavati, a tributary of
River Nagavali.[3] It is a
rubber dam and first of its
kind in Andhra Pradesh and
India and the biggest in
Asia.[4][5] It is aimed to utilize
4 TMC of available water and
to irrigate / stabilize a total
ayacut of 24,640 acres
(9,970ha) in Vizianagaram
District. It was dedicated to
the nation on 1 January 2006
by Chief Minister Y. S.
Rajasekhara Reddy. The
rubber dam was installed on
a concrete plate in technical
collaboration with Hydro-
Construct of Austria. Its size
would be raised or reduced
with the help of water
pumped into it. It was
planned to fix the rubber dam
to a height of three metres to
store water up to 125 metres
(410ft) msl in the reservoir
without causing
submergence in the Odisha
side of the river. However, the
prior agreement between
Odisha and Andhra Pradesh
on this project permits to
raise the maximum reservoir
level submerging Odisha area
up to 480 feet (150m) msl.
This dispute is unsettled till
now preventing use of the
project's full irrigation
potential for last 20 years
due to present 0.6 tmcft
reservoir storage capacity
against 4 tmcft planned
storage.[6] Andhra Pradesh
wants to resolve the issue by
constituting Nagavali water
dispute tribunal under the
Interstate River Water
Disputes Act as the dispute
is not getting settled by
negotiations between the
two states.
Thotapalli Barrage is located
at village Thotapalli in
Vizianagaram district and
presently being upgraded as
barriage.[7]
Madduvalasa Reservoir is
located at Madduvalasa
village in Vangara mandal of
Srikakulam district. It is built
across Vegavati and
Suvarnamukhi tributaries.
The project is started in 1977
and provides water for
24,500 acres (9,900ha) of
land for cultivation.[8]
Narayanapuram barrage
182907N 834831E is
located in Burja mandal of
Srikakulam district.[9]
Vamsadhara and Nagavali
inter link canal is a 30km
(19mi) long gravity canal
planned to inter link the
Vamsadhara and Nagavali
Rivers.[10] It will run from
Hiramandalam reservoir to
Narayanapuram barrage near
Amudalavalasa and bring an
additional 50,000 acres
(20,000ha) of ayacut under
irrigation using 10 tmcft of
 water from Vamsadhara
basin.[11]

See also
Vamsadhara River
Krishna Water Disputes
Tribunal
Polavaram Project
Sriram Sagar Project
Nizam Sagar
Balimela Reservoir
Penner River
Palar River

Footnotes
1. Nagavali.CWC
2. [1]
3. "Janjavathi Dam D01971" .
Retrieved 5 September 2016.
4. The Hindu on Jhanjavati
Project
5. First rubber dam in Andhra,
tackles dispute over Jhanjavati
river with Orissa
6. Agreements with Odisha on
Nagavali river waters sharing -
pages 258, 259 & 263
7. "Thotapalli Barrage
B00429" . Retrieved
5 September 2016.
8. "Madduvalasa Dam
D02113" . Retrieved
5 September 2016.
9. "Narayanapuram Anicut
Medium Irrigation Project
JI00114" . Retrieved
5 September 2016.
10. "AP plans to link
Vamsadhara, Nagavali" .
Retrieved 5 September 2016.
11. "Hiramandalam Dam
D03520" . Retrieved
5 September 2016.

References
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