Palamuru Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme
Palamuru - Ranga Reddy Lift Irrigation Scheme is a proposed Irrigation project in Telangana, India for Driniking & Irrigation water Sourced from Krishna Basin. It envisages to irrigate upland areas of erstwhile Mahabubnagar, Rangareddy and Nalgonda districts for an ayacut of 4,04,858 ha, drinking water to villages enroute and Hyderabad city and water to industrial use in Mahabubnagar, Rangareddy and Nalgonda districts, by lifting 90 TMC of flood water in 60 days ( i.e., 1.50 TMC per day) during flood season from foreshore of Srisailam RESERVOIR located at Yellur (V), Kollapur (M) in Mahabubnagar district to K.P. Laxmidevipally (V), Kondurg (M) in Mahabubnagar District which is the highest elevation in Mahabubnagar and Rangareddy districts with 5 stage lifting and then utilizing water by gravity.
The scheme contemplates enroute Irrigation under different reservoirs as per their commandability. There are five stages in the project starting from foreshore of Srisailam Reservoir and ending with K.P.Laxmidevipally Reservoir.
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