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Kaleshwaram Irrigation Project gets environmental clearance

December 21 , 2017 2559 days 1277 0
  • The Expert Appraisal Committee of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has accorded environmental clearance for the Kaleshwaram Irrigation Project (KLIP) in Telangana.
  • The Kaleswaram project, being built across Godavari River in seeks to provide drinking water facility for Hyderabad and Secunderabad.
  • However, it directed the Telangana Government to take care of changes in the micro-climatic conditions in the project area as it involves submergence of a large area.
  • The KLIP envisages construction of barrage across Godavari River after the confluence by its tributary Pranahita near Madigadda village
  • It is redesigned version of Pranahitha-Chevella Lift Irrigation Scheme, proposed in 2007 by the undivided Andhra Pradesh Government.
  • The Kaleshwaram Irrigation Project calls for the construction of a stream across River Godavari near Madigadda village in Karimnagar district of Telangana.
  • The 81 km long tunnel built between Yellampally barrage and Mallannasagar reservoir under this project will be the longest tunnel to carry water in Asia after completion.

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