Paleru


Paleru is a tributary of the Krishna river which joins the main river near Mukteswarapuram in Jaggayyapeta mandal of Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh. During the Nizam rule, a reservoir was constructed on the river at Paleru town, Kusumanchi. Hundreds of acres are irrigated with the help of this reservoir. Paleru reservoir acts as a balancing reservoir to the Nagarjunasagar left canal.

Town

Paleru town is located on the Khammam to Suryapet road in Kusumanchi, under sub division of Khammam district. The Palair village has population of 5143 of which 2625 are males while 2518 are females as per Population Census 2011.

Constituency

Paleru is an assembly constituency in the district of Khammam.

Attraction

There is a small park adjoining the reservoir where boating facility is available.

Bhakta Ramadasu lift irrigation scheme

Lift Irrigation scheme is under final stages of completion for using 5.5 tmcft water for stabilising water supply to nearly 60,000 acres which was part of SRSP irrigation project. Under this scheme, Nagarjuna Sagar left canal water is lifted by 59 metres from Paleru reservoir and fed into DBM-60 main canal of the SRSP Stage-II project at Madhiripuram in Tirumalayapalem mandal.