MEIL's engineering marvel converts Telangana's dream into a reality

Hyderabad: Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Limited (MEIL) has unveiled yet another pivotal moment in the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP).

The MEIL successfully commenced operations in the world's largest Laxmipur underground pumping station (LUPS - the package 8. The pump house has been named after the goddess Gayatri, successfully completed the wet run on Sunday night.

The wet run began with switching on the 5th machine in LUPS. With this, around 3,000 cusecs of water rose to the top of 111 metres and flew into mid-Manair through the gravity canal.

The gush of water from the underground impressed the onlookers. Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao is expected to inaugurate the colossal pump house on Wednesday.

The longstanding dream of Telangana State, a dryland area in South India, is now turning out to be a reality with this project.

The LUPS would enable live storage of water in reservoirs throughout the year in the Godavari River belt.

This colossal pump house, considered as the heart of KLIP, is an outstanding engineering marvel as it is the world's largest underground pumping station constructed 470 feet below the earth's surface.

This unique pump house would enable reverse pumping of Godavari water into the same river, thus rejuvenating the hitherto dry areas en route.

Describing the Laxmipur underground pumping station, B Srinivas Reddy, Director, MEIL, said, "This is an extraordinary underground pump house, 470 feet below the ground with twin tunnels and the largest surge pools in the world.

This is an ultra-mega project in the world, having seven motors, each having a capacity of 139 megawatts. These motors can lift 3 tmcft of water per day.

This is the true example of 'Make in India' as these gigantic motors are developed in the country with the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technology."