The srisailam dam is constructed across the krishna river in kurnool district, andhra pradesh near srisailam temple town and is the 2nd largest capacity working. Patala ganga is the most beautiful place for holidays time. The dam was constructed in a deep gogre in the nallmala hills in between kurnool and mahabubnagar districts , 300m above sea level . It is 512 m long. Tall pond dam located 14 km downstream of srisailam dam is under advanced stage of constuction to hold the water released by the hydro turbines.