KCR Directs Transco To Supply Additional Power To Kaleshwaram

It is expected that before the finish of July this year, the primary period of Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP) will be operational. With this stage coming close by TRS boss clergyman KCR coordinated Transmission Corporation (TS Transco) to make arrangements to give 3800 MW of power to lift water from Godavari stream.

As the legislature is intending to lift one more tmcft of water of task structure the following Kharif season, the CM has solicited authorities to guarantee supply from extra 6100MW of power. "The required extra power supply ought to be guaranteed nonstop for a half year when there is the full progression of water in the Godavari. By lifting 540 to 600 tmcft of water a year, the administration goes for giving water to 45lakh sections of land for both the yield seasons," the central priest said amid a survey meeting with authorities on Thursday.

He said the state government would pay the power bills for the lift irrigation projects as an exceptional allow, and requested that the authorities investigate the conceivable outcomes of delivering hydel power through the lift irrigation plans. The CM said there was each need to utilize the Telangana offer of Godavari water.

On the other irrigation projects, he said another 1000MWs would be required for support of Devadula and Sitarama projects. He said that substations developed for irrigations projects ought to be kept up by power associations. The CM will visit Ramagundam and Kaleshwaram on May 18 and 19 individually.