Explained: What is Telangana’s Kaleshwaram water project? | Explained News, The Indian Express

Explained: What is Telangana’s Kaleshwaram water project?  | Explained News, The Indian Express

Reported by Sreenivas Janyala |Edited by Explained Desk |Hyderabad |Updated: June 22, 2019 8:57:42 pm

Explained: What is Telangana’s Kaleshwaram water project? 

The project had to be built at such a size and scale because while the Godavari flows at 100 metres below Mean Sea Level, Telangana is located at 300 to 650 metres above MSL.

The cost of the Kaleshwaram project is Rs 80,000 crores but is expected to rise to Rs 1 lakh crore by the time it is completely constructed.

The world’s largest irrigation and drinking water system—Kaleshwaram Multipurpose Lift Irrigation Project—was inaugurated Friday by Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao. Telangana invited Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and Andhra Pradesh CM Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy for the function.