It is a matter of pride for our country that Lakshmipur pump house, claimed to be the world's largest pump house successfully started operations on Monday. It is a key component of Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP).

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao will formally inaugurate this gigantic pump house on Wednesday. The pumping station will facilitate the live storage of water in reservoirs throughout the year in the Godavari river belt. 

Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP)

KLIP is a multi-purpose irrigation project on the Godavari river in Kaleshwaram. It is the world's largest multi-stage lift irrigation project. The Laximpur Underground Pumping Station (LUPS) is a major component of the irrigation project. It was unveiled by Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Limited (MEIL).

The Laxmipur Pump House

The colossal and extraordinary underground pump house is an ultra-mega project in the world, having 7 motors, each having a capacity of 139 megawatts. It is situated 470 feet below the ground with twin tunnels and the largest surge pools in the world. The gigantic motors which can lift three TMC (Thousand Million Cubic) water per day were developed indigenously with the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technology. 

On Sunday, the fifth machine in LUPS in Karimnagar district was switched on and the gush of water from the underground impressed the onlookers.

The KLIP was formally inaugurated in June. When fully operational, the Rs 80,000 crore project will lift two thousand million cubics (TMC) feet of water per day to a height of half-a-kilometre. The project will facilitate the irrigation of 45 lakh acres for two crops in a year. It will the drinking water requirement of 70 per cent of the state and also cater to the needs of the industry. 

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