Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project

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Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project
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Location	Kaleshwaram, Bhupalpally, Telangana, India
Coordinates	17°44′27″N 78°41′26″E / 17.74083°N 78.69056°E / 17.74083; 78.69056
Purpose	Irrigation, power, and transport
Status	Completed/Inaugurated
Construction began	2010
Opening date	21 June 2019
Construction cost	₹ 80000 crores[1]
Operator(s)	Telangana Irrigation Department
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Godavari River
Height	up to top of earth dam above the lowest river bed.
Spillway type	Chute spillway
Website https://www.kaleshwaramproject.com/

The Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP) is a multi-purpose irrigation project on the Godavari River in Kaleshwaram, Bhupalpally, Telangana, India.^[2] Currently the world's largest multi-stage lift irrigation project,^[3] its farthest upstream influence is at the confluence of the Pranahita and Godavari rivers. The Pranahita River is itself a confluence of various smaller tributaries including the Wardha, Painganga, and Wainganga rivers which combine to form the seventh-largest drainage basin on the subcontinent, with an estimated annual discharge of more than 6,427,900 acre-feet (7,930 cubic hectometres) or 280 TMC. It remains untapped as its course is principally through dense forests and other ecologically sensitive zones such as wildlife sanctuaries.

The Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project^[4][5] is divided into 7 links and 28 packages spanning a distance of approximately 500 km (310 mi) through 13 districts and utilizing a canal network of more than 1,800 km (1,100 mi).^[6] The project aims to produce a total of 240 TMC (195 from Medigadda Barrage, 20 from Sripada Yellampalli project and 25 from groundwater), of which 169 has been allocated for irrigation, 30 for Hyderabad municipal water, 16 for miscellaneous industrial uses and 10 for drinking water in nearby villages, with the remainder being estimated evaporation loss. The project aims at increasing total culturable command area (the sustainable area which can be irrigated after accounting for both upstream and downstream factors) by 1,825,000 acre⋅ft (2,251 hm³) across all 13 districts in addition to stabilizing the existing CCA.

On 21 June 2019, the project was opened by Telangana Governor E. S. L. Narasimhan and Chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao. National Green Tribunal declared the Scheme is constructed without following the statuary provisions with regard to environmental aspects.^[7]

Four major pumping facilities manage the project's outflow, the largest at Ramadugu (Medaram, Annaram and Sundilla being the others) is also likely to be the largest in Asia once consistent measurements are available,^[8] requiring seven 140 MWh (500 GJ) pumps designed and manufactured specifically for the project by the BHEL.^[9] The Engineering giant Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Limited built 15 of 22 Pump houses and undertook major part of the project.