The engineers of Irrigation Department in association with the work agencies are getting ready to conduct the dry-run of pump house at Teegalapalli in Nagarkurnool district, the second-stage pumping system as part of the Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS), to lift water into Veeranjaneya reservoir at Yedula in Wanaparthy district.
According to the authorities, works are in progress to lift 7.5 tmc ft water as part of the first phase of PRLIS permitted by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to meet drinking water and industrial needs in 1,226 villages in the erstwhile Mahabubnagar, Rangareddy and Nalgonda districts as also Hyderabad City.
The pumping station is being equipped with nine pumps of 145 megawatt capacity each and another one as stand-by. Each pump would lift water for a height of 124 meters and would discharge 2,650 cusecs water.