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Except a few, almost all water bodies have dried up due to the drought as well as the non-lifting of water from the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project.

Harish Rao on Tuesday had demanded the government to release water from Mallanna Sagar within 24 hours, failing which people in the command area of the project would lift the gates of the project on their own.

Despite previous criticisms of the project's efficacy, he noted the sudden release of water to Karimnagar, indicating political maneuvering rather than genuine concern for farmers' welfare.

Known for its highest pumping and motor capacity in the world and its support of the largest surge pool facilities, just one of the seven pumps was switched on, resuming its operation around 4 pm on Sunday.

Water from Yellampalli reservoir was taken to Nandimedaram pump house through the gravity canal. Later, water was lifted to Gayatri pump house from where it was lifted and dumped into the flood flow canal facilitating the farmers to supply water to standing crops by drawing from the canal.

Lack of adequate rainfall in the last monsoon and indiscriminate drawing of water in recent times were said to be the main reasons for depletion of the water table.

The team wanted the heads and representatives of various agencies involved in the implementation of the project to make themselves available in Delhi for further interaction and questioning.

This apart, the Central Water Commission had questioned the availability of 160 tmc of water for diversion to Yellampally reservoir.

The much-awaited Sri Laxminarasimha Swamy Lift Irrigation Project or the 27th package of the ambitious Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project, is all set to be inaugurated by Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao on Wednesday.

The four 400 kv substations were being constructed at Narlapur, Yedula,Vattem and Uddandapur under PRLI scheme, he said, adding that the 400/11 kv Narlapur substation consists of nine 165 Megavolt amperes(MVA) power transformers and 2x25 MVA Station Transformers.

In these times when the State is facing a stingy monsoon, with 22 out of 33 districts reporting deficit rainfall, the far-reaching impact of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project is becoming all the more visible

The Sriram Sagar project site, where they descended in large numbers, echoed with slogans hailing CM KCR and his saga of re-engineering experiments that culminated in the day

The second pump, underground pump house, was successfully operated for one hour from 12.40 am to 1.40 am and water was reley into the Malkapeta reservoir

BRS MLC K Kavitha asked the Opposition parties to stop sloganeering and start serving the people of Telangana

ASCE President Maria Lehman bestowed the distinguished recognition on the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project as an enduring symbol of engineering progress and partnership

Opposition parties were unable to see this and were still criticizing the State government saying that not a single acre of cultivation area had increased after the Kaleshwaram project, said KTR

From Huzurabad to Veenavanka and several other mandals, farmers are seen reserving their spots to dry paddy on roads by placing empty bags

Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao asked the farmers not to lose heart and assured them all support and suitable compensation

Collector Anurag Jayanthi instructed officials to speed up work on the Malkapeta package-9 tunnel and surge-pool pump house being constructed as part of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project.

The Irrigation Department on Monday managed to restore the third pump of the Annaram pumphouse of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation project