L&T completes Medigadda Barrage in 24 months

Hyderabad: L&T Construction, the construction arm of diversified conglomerate Larsen & Toubro, on Friday said that it completed completed Medigadda Barrage project in just 24 months.

The megastructure, part of Rs 80,000-crore Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project, was inaugurated on Friday by Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao.

The Medigadda Barrage will be a major part of the vital irrigation infrastructure to lift an estimated 180 tmc of water per year from Godavari to the Sripada Yellampalli Project to provide drinking water, facilitate irrigation and meet industrial needs in 23 districts of Telangana.

The project was executed on a fast track mode involving a 1.6 km long barrage across the Godavari equipped with 85 gates, piers and associated guide bunds and flood bunds of 18.03 km on either side of the barrage.

The completion of this project by L&T set several records in terms of sheer use of voluminous material like concrete and steel in record time in a challenging operating environment.

"We are extremely proud that we have been able to deliver a project of this magnitude and complexity to international quality and safety standards," said S N Subrahmanyan, CEO & MD, L&T.