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KALESHWARAM LIFT IRRIGATION PROJECT
- The project, constructed by Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Limited (MEIL)
- Dedicated to the nation by Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao
- Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP) was inaugurated in the presence of Governor ESL Narasimhan, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.
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- Till date, the biggest lift schemes in the world were the Colorado lift scheme in America and the Great Manmade River in Egypt. The capacities of these schemes are in horsepower and they took over three decades for completion.
- Now, the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project, an Indian lift scheme has become the world’s biggest in terms of capacities.
- Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project is world’s largest lift irrigation project with 3 Barrages, 1531 km of Gravity Canals, 203 km of Tunnels, 20 Lifts, 19 Pump houses and 20 Reservoirs with total capacity of 147 TMC water irrigating 37 lakh acres
KALESHWARAM LIFT IRRIGATION PROJECT (KLIP)
- It requires nearly 4,992 MW of electricity to pump 2 TMC of water every day in the first phase. The requirement will go up to 7,152 MW for lifting 3 TMC from next year.
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