Heavy pumps tested and synchronized, SRSP ayacut stabilised, says OSD for Irrigation
The multi-stage Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS) was inaugurated by Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao at Medigadda in the presence of Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh Chief Ministers, on June 21, 2019.
Now that all the testing of all the pumps and reservoirs have been carried out for almost a year and Godavari water at 100-metre level at Medigadda is poised to reach Kondapochamma Sagar which is at 600 metres defying gravity.
It is observed that this is the first time that water has flown into the canals dug for Sriramsagar second phase. No one has ever seen water flowing in these canals before the Kaleshwaram project.
The government is stabilising 13,66,000 acres under SRSP stabilisation stage 1 and 2. In one way, this is a new ayacut as these canals were never used before. But the government considers this as stabilisation of existing acreage only
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao and former Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao have declared that the first achievement of KLIS is to stabilise existing ayacut under Sriramsagar.
The Telangana government has time and again said that 18,25,000 acres new and 18,92,000 acres of existing ayacut will be stabilised under the KLIS. Since this has been achieved, we can proudly say that every single new acre is irrigated under KLIS.
The first year for any irrigation project is imperative to test heavy pumps and synchronise them. This process has been completed successfully. Hence it is not the Quantum of water which is important but to see how successful it runs.
Though there were no rains in June and July last still people witness the flow of the water as the Link 1 pumps of Kannepalli, Goliwada and Siripuram have been completed successfully.
When the water was released from Yellampalli on July 29 then the Link 1 pumps have been shut down. The lifted water remained stored in the three reservoirs Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla.
When there were floods to Sriramsagar project, repairs were being undertaken in Mid Manair because there were no rains in June and July and there was less water in the reservoir, which is suitable to take up repairs. Hence, water cannot be released into MMR. Not even a single drop of water was wasted.
Under KLIS, there are three different options to operate. If there is flood to SRSP, then we will shut off KLIS link 1 and 2 pumps and divert the same water to Yellampalli, MMR and LMD.
Since irrigation projects are very dynamic in nature, they work in accordance with the availability of water. Water distribution is not biased, nor does it have any criteria, it is purely based on availability of water.
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