Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Project | |
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Location | Telangana, India |
Coordinates | 15°57′49″N 78°8′47″E / 15.96361°N 78.14639°E |
Purpose | Irrigation, power, and transport |
Status | Completed/Inaugurated |
Construction began | 2015 |
Opening date | 16 September 2023 |
Construction cost | ₹ 35,000 crores |
Owner(s) | Telangana Irrigation Department |
Operator(s) | Telangana Irrigation Department |
Dam and spillways | |
Impounds | Krishna River |
Height | up to top of earth dam above the lowest river bed. |
Spillway type | Chute spillway |
Reservoir | |
Total capacity | 67.52 TMCFT |
Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Project (PRLIP) is an irrigation project in the state of Telangana, India. [1] The project aims to make 12.3 lakh acres of parched lands in erstwhile combined Mahabubnagar district into fertile lands. [2] The project is built on the Krishna river at a cost of ₹ 35,000 crore in Nagarkurnool district. [3] [4] 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. [5] [6] The project will change the future of six districts viz, Nagarkurnool, Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, Rangareddy, Vikarabad in South Telangana. [7] [8]
Chief Minister Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao laid the foundation stone of irrigation project on 11 June 2015. [9] The project aims to divert 70 TMC of flood water from Krishna River at Jurala project.