 Construction of the hydropower plant followed, with generation increasing between 1978 and 1985, as additional units came into service.In 2015, diamond jubilee celebrations of project's inauguration were held, alluding to the prosperity the dam has ushered into the region.The right canal (Jawahar canal) is long with maximum 311.5 cumecs capacity and irrigates of land in Guntur and Prakasam districts.