About the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation project:
- Location: KLIP is a multipurpose irrigation project on the Godavari River, e., at Kaleshwaram village in Telangana.
- The Pranhita-Godavari River confluence is the location of KLIP.
- The Wardha, Painganga, and Wainganga rivers, which together make up the seventh-largest drainage basin on the subcontinent, come together at the confluence of the Pranahita River.
- It is claimed to be the world’s largest multi-stage and multi-purpose lift irrigation project.
- It was previously known as the Pranahita-Chevella Lift Irrigation Project.
- A key feature of the KLIP is a series of underground and surface water pumping stations, which are said to be the world’s largest such structures.
- Stretching over 300 km, the lift irrigation system raises large volumes of water from river or reservoir sources to be redistributed in channels and/or further reservoirs before pumping to the next stations.
- The project is aimed at supplying water to 45 lakh acres in Telangana.
- Started in 2016, the project will utilise around 283 TMC of water from the river Godavari and provide irrigation and drinking water to 13 districts of Telangana.
