KLIS project completes milestone, is Asia’s biggest
The wet run of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS) was conducted successfully last week with the completion of 9, 10, 11 and 12 package works under the third and fourth phases.
The officials lifted the water from the surge-pool, which is supplied from Sri Raja Rajshwara Swamy reservoir (Mid Manair Dam), and pumped it to Annapurna reservoir constructed at Thimmapur village of Yellanthakunta mandal in Rajanna Siricilla district.
The Telangana government has taken up the KLIS project to turn the barren lands fertile and has completed the works of first and second phase (up to
8th package of the project) by supplying the Godavari water to Sri Raja Rajeshwara Reservoir.
The works were completed at a cost of `3,051 crore by acquiring
3,945 acres of land which included 323 acres of forest land, evacuating around 1,319 families from the villages which are under threat of being submerged.
The 10th package is the key to the project which starts at Thippapur village of Yellanthakunta mandal under which a surge-pool (biggest) and a reservoir (Annapurna) were constructed along with the 3.4km canal and 7.6- km tunnel connecting the Sri Raja Rajeshwara reservoir.
Asia’s biggest surge-pool constructed in between the three hills at Thippapur village with 92- metre depth and
56-metre width along with installing four Bahubali motors
106 mega watts capacity is the special feature of the 10th package. The water lifted from the surge-pool will be pumped into the Annapurna reservoir which has a storage capacity of 3.5 tmc.
The Annapurna reservoir was constructed with mud bunds on three sides which are of 6,075 metres in length and one NOF (Non-Over Flow bund) on the other side was constructed with cement and concrete which is of
34 metres height and 415 metres in length.
Under the 10th package, a
440/11 KV electricity sub-station was also built for lifting the water through pump sets at the surge-pool.
In the third and fourth phases, daily one tmc of water will be supplied to Kondapochamma reservoir which has a storage capacity 13.5 tmc for about 120 days from MMD with a capacity of 25.87 tmc via Annapurna reservoir (3.5 tmc), Ranganayaksagar reservoir (3.5 tmc) and Mallanna sagar reservoir (50 tmc) in a phased manner.
From MMD to Kondapochamma reservoir which covers
9,10, 11 and 12 packages of third and fourth phases, the water for irrigation needs will be supplied to about 31,000 acres of ayacut land in the three district of Karimnagar, Rajanna Siricilla and Siddipet.
Meanwhile, the Ananthagiri village with 1,120 families and 2,340 members was evacuated before releasing the water from MMD to Annapurna reservoir. The government by fixing a cutoff up to 2017 year sanctioned R&R package to the villagers above 18 years of age.
But the officials failed to provide basic facilities to the evacuees in the R&R colony. They did not construct school, health centre, toilets and community buildings and also did not provide drinking water facility in the colony.
District collector D. Krishna Bhaskar along with Manakondur MLA Rasamayi Balakishan and Siddipet collector Venkatram Reddy had held a meeting recently and ordered the officials concerned to provide the required facilities to the R&R colony.