Kaleswaram Project-A Curtain raiser

(Judicial Quest News Service)

Arrangments are being made for the inauguration of the Kaleswaram
Project, which is expected to supply water to 70 percent of districts in
Telangana State for the agriculture, drinking water and the industries
purpose. The state government has decided to start pumping water from
the next month. This project has already set several records in the country
in the irrigation sector. The Kaleswaram project, often described as a
wonder created by human beings by several visitors to the project, which
included members of the Central water Commission, Irrigation experts,
representatives from other States, the Centre, is the major lift irrigation
project in the country which is being constructed on a fast track as per the
schedule. Water from river Godavari at Medigadda, which is about 100
Meters from the Sea level, is lifted at six stages and supplied to
Kondapochamma Sagar, which is at 618 Mts height. In other words, the
water from Godavari River is being lifted at about half a KM height. The
Pump Houses are being constructed to lift 2 TMC of water every day this
year. Preparations are going on to lift 3 TMC of water from the next year.
To lift such a huge quantum of water, the Biggest and largest pumps are
being used for the first time in the country.
 On March 8 2016, the Telangana State government had entered into
an agreement with the Maharashtra State government, putting an end
to decades old differences and objections over the issue. This
agreement has paved way for the construction of Kaleswaram project
at Medigadda.
 May 2, 2016, Honourable Chief Minister Sri K Chandrashekhar Rao
has laid foundation stone at Kannepally for the Kaleswaram project.
 Within a short span of three years, major components of the
Kaleswaram projects, constructions of barrages, pump houses have
been completed and construction of the reservoirs are going ahead
on a fast track.
 Barrages are constructed at Medigadda, Annaram, and Sundilla.
Water from these Barrages will be utilised to fill Yellampally and

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Sriram Sagar Projects. With this, the Godavari River will be alive in
199 Kms stretch in the Telangana state.
 Through the Kaleswaram projects, additionally 20 lakh acres will be
provided with water in Karimnagar, Rajanna Sircilla, Siddipet, Medak,
Yadadri, Nalgonda, Sangareddy, Nizamabad, Jagtial, Kamareddy,
Nirmal, Medchel, and Peddapally Constituencies.
 The Sriram Sagar Revival Scheme was launched based on the water
to be provided from the Kaleswaram. Water will also be supplied to
Singur and Nizam Sagar projects. With this, about 20 Lakh acres of
land in Karimnagar, Sircilla, Siddipet, Medak, Yadadri Bhongir,
Nalgonda, Sangareddy, Nizamabad, Jagtial, Kamareddy, Nirmal,
Medchel, Pedapalli, Warangal urban and Rural, Bhoopalpally,
Mehboobabad, Khammam, Jangaon, Suryapet will be stabilised. In
Telangana, water will be supplied for two crops for about 40 Lakh
acres every year. In other words, crops will be cultivated in 80 Lakh
acres every year. This is precisely the reason why Kaleswaram
Project will become “a benevolent boon.”
 It is estimated that for the lifting of 2 TMC water from Kaleswaram,
4992.47 MW power is required. For lifting of the 3 TMC water, 7, 152
MW of power is required and arrangments are being for the supply of
the adequate power.
 For the first time in the annals of the Country’s history, the Telangana
State Electricity organisations are using 139 MW Pumps in the
Kaleswaram project at package-8 Ramadugu. Nobody ever used
such a capacity pumps in the country.
Important points
Length of water supply route——-1, 832 Kms
Gravity Canal————————–1531Kms
Tunnel routes————————–203 Kms
Pressure Mains/Delivery Mains— 98 Kms
Lifts————————————–20
Pump Houses————————–19

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Electricity required——————–4992.47 MWs
Reservoirs——————————-19
Storing capacity of the reservoirs—-141 TMCs
Proposed Reservoirs under the Kaleswaram Project
S No Reservoir———- Storage capacity (in TMC)

1. Medigadda Barrage (100 Mts FRL)——–16.17
2. Annaram barrage (119 Mts FRL)———-10.87
3. Sundilla barrage (130 Mts FRL)————8. 83
4. Medaram Reservoir———0.78
5. Anantagiri Reservoir——-3. 50
6. Sri RanganayakaReservoir (Imambad)—-3
7. Sri Komuravelli Mallanna Sagar Reservoir (Tadkapalli)—50
8. Malakpet Reservoir———- 3
9. Konda Pochamma Sagar with 618 FRL (Pamulaparthy)— 15
10. Gandhamalla reservoir——-9.87
11. Baswapur Reservoir———11.39
12. Bhoompally Reservoir——–0.09
13. Kondem Cheruvu ————3. 50
14. Timmakkapally reservoir—-1.50
15. Dantepally Reservoir——–1.00

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1. Dharmaraopet Tank———0.50
2. Muddijiwadi Tank————0.50
3. Katewadi Tank—————0.50

19. Mothe reservoir—————1.00

Total – 141

Round the clock works at the project
To complete all the works on Kaleswaram project in a record time
works are going on day and night, 24 X 7. Under the projects, 3 Barrages,
19 Reservoirs, 20 Lifts are constructed for the storage capacity of 141
TMC. Works are going at a brisk rate for the 1531 Kms main canals under
12 Blocks, 203 Kms of the tunnel round the clock. About 4,000 workers are
working on the shift basis in the project.
Heavy-duty pumps in the Kaleswaram projects
Electricity organisations in the state have made stellar arrangments,
which no other state ever did, for supplying uninterrupted supply of power
to the lift irrigation projects and schemes in the Telangana State. The CM
who could understand the importance of the electricity institutions in
making the major projects a success, had already alerted the officials
concerned. For the first time, a special Director (Sri Suryaprakash) was
appointed exclusively for the lift irrigation schemes and projects in the TS
Transco. Under the Chairmanship of Transco, Genco CMD Sri Devulapalli
Prabhakar Rao, weekly review meeting held between the Transco, Genco
officials and the irrigation department officials. Officials were sent to Austria
to study and recommend the pumps capacity. An agreement was made
with the BHEL simultaneously special pumps were made at several plants.