Telangana CM KCR inaugurates Rs 35k cr Palamuru-Ranga Reddy Lift Irrigation Scheme
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Saturday formally inaugurated the mega Palamuru-Ranga Reddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS) built on Krishna at a cost of Rs 35,000 crore.
Nagar Kurnool: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Saturday formally inaugurated the mega Palamuru-Ranga Reddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS) built on Krishna at a cost of Rs 35,000 crore.
The CM switched on one of the ‘Bahubali 145 MW’ motor at the first pump house to lift the water from the river into the intake well of the project at Narlapur village near here.
The CM, who arrived at Narlapur earlier in the day, performed a special puja at the venue and unveiled the pylon marking the historic moment.
Eight “Bahubali” motors, each of 145 MW capacity, were erected in the lift irrigation scheme for drawing 90 tmc of water in a span of 60 days.
The PRLIS envisages lifting water from the foreshore of Srisailam reservoir at Yellure village of Kollapur block in Nagarkurnool district to the K P Laxmidevipally reservoir of Kondurg block in Rangareddy district with 5 stage lifting and then utilizing water by gravity.
Over 3,200 cusecs of water drawn from the offshore point of Srisailam project and channelled through the mammoth tunnel system and surge pool, was pumped into the Anjanagiri reservoir built as part of the Stage-1 of the project.
The project built in five stages with six reservoirs is intended to give 7.15 tmc of water to support the drinking water supply in over 1220 villages spread over six districts in the first phase.
It has a provision for meeting irrigation needs with 73 tmc of water to be fulfilled in the second phase by obtaining all clearances.
The Project is the biggest for the drought-prone Mahabubnagar and Rangareddy districts and the state government had taken up the project with its own financial resources.
It proposes to irrigate around 12 lakh acres in Mahabubnagar, Narayanpet, Rangareddy, Vikarabad, Nagarkurnool and Nalgonda, besides providing drinking water to en route villages and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation and also for industrial use.
Suggested Keywords:
- Palamuru-Ranga Reddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS)
- K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR)
- Telangana
- Irrigation
- Drinking water
- Drought-prone
- Mahabubnagar
- Rangareddy
- Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC)
- Industrial use
