KLIP as an engineering marvel in the country: KTR

Terming the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project (KLIP) as an engineering marvel in the country, TRS working president and Sircilla legislator K. Taraka Rama Rao was all praise for the engineers who are working round the clock for early completion of the project to provide irrigation sources to the upland regions.

Mr. Rama Rao, along with TSCAB chairman K Ravinder Rao, irrigation officials and Joint Collector Yasmeen Basha inspected the KLIP package 9 works in Malkapet village of Konaraopeta mandal on Monday. On this occasion, he inspected the tunnel works, surge pool and construction of Malkapet reservoir works.

Speaking on the occasion, he said that Pranahita-Chevella was redesigned to ensure that more water was stored in various projects. The Pranahita-Chevella was designed to store only 11 tmcs of water. But, the KLIP was designed to store 141 tmcs of water with various barrages to ensure irrigation facilities to 1.25 crore acres in the State, he stated.

He said that the works at package-9 were progressing at a brisk pace for the completion of remaining one kilometre length tunnel, pump houses and reservoir. He said that they were taking all measures to link the KLIP with the small and minor irrigation projects to provide irrigation sources in all the villages.

Stating that KLIP was an asset to the upland Rajanna-Sircilla, he said that the completion of KLIP would ensure irrigation to two crops in the district. He said that the State government was according top priority for the irrigation sector, which was neglected in the integrated AP, by allocating ? 25,000 per year in the budget. He also said that they were suitably rehabilitating the project oustees of the KLIP.