• Source: Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme

Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Project (PRLIP) is an irrigation project in the state of Telangana, India. The project aims to make 12.3 lakh acres of parched lands in erstwhile combined Mahabubnagar district into fertile lands. The project is built on the Krishna river at a cost of ₹ 35,000 crore in Nagarkurnool district. On 16 September 2023, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao operationalised the first phase of Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme at Yellur-Narlapur pump house in Nagarkurnool district. The project will change the future of six districts viz, Nagarkurnool, Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, Rangareddy, Vikarabad in South Telangana.




History


Chief Minister Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao laid the foundation stone of irrigation project on 11 June 2015. The project aims to divert 70 TMC of flood water from Krishna River at Jurala project.




See also


Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project
R. Vidyasagar Rao Dindi Lift Irrigation Scheme
Mahatma Gandhi Kalwakurthy lift irrigation scheme




References

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• Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme
• Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project
• List of dams and reservoirs in Telangana
• T. Ram Mohan Reddy
• R. Vidyasagar Rao
• Jogulamba Barrage