• S. Ramanaiah
• Kumba. Venkateswarulu
• R. Balaram
• D B Sankar
• R. Jagadiswara Rao

Abstract: This paper describes how Prakasam pond in Sri Venkateswara University (SVU), Tirupati in Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh, India which the SVU Geology Department converted from a cattle pond to percolation pond in 1973, got changed into aquaculture pond, dry pond, sewage pond and back to dry pond due to anthropogenic causes. It also describes how the Tirumala-Tirupati-Devasthanam’s (TTD) Haritha Project has led to sustainable development of deep groundwater of high quantity and quality all along a 12-km stretch of the Seshachala Hills between Srivarimettu on the west and Prakasam Pond on the east.

Keywords: Prakasam Pond, Cattle Pond, Recharge Pond, Aquaculture Pond, Dry Pond, Sewage Pond, TTD’s Haritha Project, Groundwater Development

"CHANGING FACE OF PRAKASAM POND IN RELATION TO WATER RESOURCES’ DEVELOPMENT IN AND AROUND SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY, CHITTOOR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 1, page no.792-799, January-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2101105.pdf

"CHANGING FACE OF PRAKASAM POND IN RELATION TO WATER RESOURCES’ DEVELOPMENT IN AND AROUND SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY, CHITTOOR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 1, page no. pp792-799, January-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2101105.pdf