Record level Water pumping in Kaleshwaram

The Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP) created a record by lifting more than 25TMC of water from Godavari river to Mid-Manair reservoir in less time compared to the world's popular Handri-Neeva, Colorado and Great Manmade river projects. The whole world now able to see that the magnificent achievement of lifting Godavari water and enabling the reverse flow to the upper stream against the gravity. Once thought off as an impossible task has now become a visual reality. Nowhere in the world, such an effort is made as in Telangana where the river water is lifted to 300 meters above the sea level; This electro-mechanical engineering effort has already got worldwide recognition.

In the history of Indian irrigation sector, the projects like Nagarjuna Sagar, Sri Ram Sagar, Srisailam Left- Right canals, Telugu Ganga took decades to complete and some of them have not yet reached their full potential. With much more complex works than these projects, MEIL could complete Kaleshwaram Project within three years of its initiation, with a lifting capacity of 2 TMCs of per day. All the credit for this engineering marvel goes to Megha Engineering Infrastructure Limited (MEIL). It is an enormous effort, be it in establishing a sophisticated electro-mechanical system or in completing the complex underground technical and electrical works within three years.

Commenting on this achievement Mr B Srinivasreddy,Director, MEIL said that "Even though technically Kaleshwaram Project was inaugurated on June 21, 2019, by three Chief Ministers of Telangana, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, the technical feasibility of lifting water has experimented at Medigadda pumphouse even before. All the critical works of the Project have been now completed, enabling to lift nearly 25 TMCs of water within a short period; the water has now reached Mid Maneru Reservoir located near Siricilla District that is almost 300 meters above from the sea level. Handri-Neeva Project considered as the biggest lift scheme in Asia could lift only 18 TMCs of water by continuous pumping throughout the year, whereas Kaleshwaram could lift 25 TMCs in a single season with intermittent pumping hours."