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There are 13 islands present in the site out of which 2 islands have been
taken up by the tourism department and are developing for the visitors.
The Laknavaram lake comes from the Godavari basin spread over an area
of 40 sqkm that is enough to irrigate about 3,500 acres of land. It is a
manmade lake built by the kakatiya rulers in 1213AD to meed the
irrigation requirements of the farmers. The lake can store upto 1708 MCft
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of water with the average water level being +180m.
Figure 20: Lake view
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