Mahatma Gandhi Kalwakurthy lift irrigation scheme (MGKLIS) is a
lift irrigation
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Lift irrigation is a method of irrigation in which water is not transported by natural flow, (as in gravity-fed canal) but is lifted with pumps or su ...
project on
River Krishna located in
Mahbubnagar
Mahabubnagar is a city in Mahabubnagar District of the Indian state of Telangana named after the 6th Nizam, Mahboob Ali Khan. It is the headquarters of Mahabubnagar mandal in Mahabubnagar revenue division. The city is also the largest in the ...
district in the Indian state of
Telangana
Telangana (; , ) is a state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the eleventh-largest state and the twelfth-most populated state in India with a geographical area of and ...
. The lift canal starts from the backwaters of
Srisailam Dam near
Kollapur
Kollapur region is an area spanning the Nallamala Forest area on the banks of the river Krishna in the Nagarkurnool district, in the state of Telangana India. The Someswara, Sangameswara, and Malleswara temples are in this region, with tr ...
. The
gravity driven, 100 kilometer-long canal provides cultivation for nearly in 300 villages located in constituencies of
Kollapur
Kollapur region is an area spanning the Nallamala Forest area on the banks of the river Krishna in the Nagarkurnool district, in the state of Telangana India. The Someswara, Sangameswara, and Malleswara temples are in this region, with tr ...
,
Wanaparthy,
Nagarkurnool,
Kalwakurthy,
Jadcherla, and
Achampet.
History
The foundation stone was laid in 1984. In 2014 the work started with a budget of ₹2100 crores. It was completed in October 2017, three decades later.
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''Ayacut''
The original design for the project was 20 TMC water capacity, later increased to 40 TMC. This project provides water to the most drought-prone areas in Mahbubnagar. The water is sourced from
Krishna river, by lifting water 300 meters above river level and channeling it into the reservoir.
Achampet Branch Canal will be lengthened by 14 km, creating an additional ''ayacut'' of 15,000 acres (10,000 acres in Uppunuthala mandal and 5,000 acre) in Achampet mandal.
Reservoirs
Around 51 balancing reservoirs with 20 TMC water capacity are proposed under MGKLIS, scheduled to be completed by June 2019.
The Buddaram Peddavagu Lake was proposed to be converted into a reservoir, and was completed in June 2019. With this reservoir, the lands under Wanaparthy district will get water for irrigation, ensuring continuous water flow.
Water lifting
This project has three lifts, in Yellur (Kollapur mandal), in Jonnalaboguda village, and in Gudipally village. Reservoirs were to be constructed to store the water lifted from the river. This project serves water through canals which fill the lakes in five constituencies of erstwhile Mahabubnagar district.
Pumps
ABB partnered for industrial-strength water pumping technology with
Andritz AG, to deploy five of its high-capacity 30-megawatt (MW), 11-kilovolt (kV) motors, each capable of pumping 23,000 litres per second. ABB also supplied substation equipment, transformers, and a digitally-enabled supervisory control and data acquisition (
SCADA
Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) is a control system architecture comprising computers, networked data communications and graphical user interfaces for high-level supervision of machines and processes. It also covers sensors an ...
) monitoring system.
References
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Irrigation in Telangana
Mahbubnagar district
Lift irrigation schemes