Minister for IT, MA&UD, Industries & Commerce Government of Telangana, Hyderabad
The Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP), currently the world's largest multi-stage lift irrigation project, is a multi-purpose project on the Godavari River in Telangana, India. The project spans approximately 500 km (310 mi) and utilizes a canal network of more than 1,800 km (1,100 mi) to increase the total cultivable command area in addition to stabilizing the existing cultivable command area in drought-prone districts of Telangana.
With several large pumping facilities, dams and reservoirs, including pumps as large as 175,000 hp, the project is designed to produce a total of 240 thousand million cubic feet (TMC) of water for irrigation, industrial and municipal use. The presentation will cover the scale of the project facilities, the amazing speed at which these facilities are constructed, the social equity and enormous benefits the project provides to the State of Telangana, and the process that led to the success of the project.
