Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project, the brainchild of Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao is partially operated recently. The Project delivered a shock to kcr in the very first month of its inauguration with a whopping 20 Crore Power Bill. This bill is only for Kannepally pump house from where water is lifted from Medigadda to Annaram barrages through six motors from June 21st.
The lifting of water from Annaram to Sundilla has just commenced and the bill is yet to be issued. Kannepally pump house is only one among the 20 pump houses that are set up to lift water to various barrages as part of Kaleshwaram project and even that is yet to become fully operational. In that case, we can imagine the situation when all the 20 pump houses run 24x7. The power bill is expected to cross Rs 10,000 crore per year when all the pump houses work.
Kaleshwaram Project is World's Biggest Lift Irrigation Project with 147 TMCs capacity build with an estimated cost of 80,500 Crore Rupees. 50,000 Crores were spent so far. It provides water for 106 mandals in 13 districts. It will irrigate crops in 1581 villages. It will irrigate crops newly in 18.25 Lakh acres and 45 acres in total. It will supply drinking water of 30 TMCs to hyderabad and another 16 TMCs for Industrial use.
