The wet run of Kaleshwaram Package- 6 is successful

Telangana |  Suryaa Desk  | Published : Wed, Apr 24, 2019, 04:27 PM

The wet run of the first pump (Unit No 1) of Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS) Package 6 conducted on Wednesday morning was successful. The week-long exercise initiated with release of water from Yellampalli reservoir culminated in the much awaited feat. As the first pump (124.5 MW capacity) was put to operation, water gushed out of the delivery cistern while the project authorities and engineering staff erupted in celebration.


Package 6 of the project has seven pumping units installed and two more pumps of the same capacity were scheduled for wet run on Thursday. These pumping units are meant for lifting water vertically some 110 metres up on a 45 – degree  gradient  to the delivery cistern.


Package six which involved an overall cost of Rs 4,961 crore will provide vital connectivity from the lift irrigation scheme to Nandimedaram project, the halfway point to the mid-Manair project.


Sridhar Rao Deshpande, OSD to Chief Minister (Irrigation) congratulated all the engineers and officials who worked relentlessly for the past four years to complete works on package 6. He also thanked the Chief Minister for his commitment to complete the works on the project by according it top priority. Engineer-in-Chief of the Project, N Venkateswarlu also thanked the project staff on the occasion.








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