The Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Project (PRLIP) is an irrigation project in the state of
Telangana
Telangana is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated in the Southern India, south-central part of the Indian subcontinent on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ele ...
,
India
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. The project aims to make 12.3 lakh acres of parched lands in erstwhile combined Mahabubnagar district into fertile lands. The project is built on the Krishna river at a cost of 35,000 crore in
Nagarkurnool district
Nagarkurnool district is a district in the southern region of the Indian state of Telangana. The town of Nagarkurnool is the district headquarters. It was part of the Mahbubnagar district prior to re-organisation of districts in the state. The d ...
. On 16 September 2023, Telangana Chief Minister
K. Chandrashekar Rao operationalised the first phase of Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme at Yellur-Narlapur pump house in
Nagarkurnool district
Nagarkurnool district is a district in the southern region of the Indian state of Telangana. The town of Nagarkurnool is the district headquarters. It was part of the Mahbubnagar district prior to re-organisation of districts in the state. The d ...
. The project will change the future of six districts viz, Nagarkurnool, Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, Rangareddy, Vikarabad in South Telangana.
History
Chief Minister Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao laid the foundation stone of irrigation project on 11 June 2015.
The project aims to divert 70 TMC of flood water from
Krishna River
The Krishna River in the Deccan Plateau, Deccan plateau is the third-longest in India, after the Ganga, Ganga and Godavari. It is also the fourth-largest in terms of water inflows and river basin area in India, after the Ganga, Indus and Godav ...
at Jurala project.
See also
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Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project
The Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP) is a multi-purpose irrigation project on the Godavari River in Kaleshwaram, Bhupalpally, Telangana, India. Currently the world's largest multi-stage lift irrigation project, its farthest upstrea ...
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R. Vidyasagar Rao Dindi Lift Irrigation Scheme
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Mahatma Gandhi Kalwakurthy lift irrigation scheme
References
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Dams on the Krishna River
Dams in Telangana
Hydroelectric power stations in Telangana
Inter-state disputes in India
Irrigation projects
Irrigation in India