An unprecedented flood in the river Godavari has left a massive trail of loss to the prestigious Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project by submerging two of its five key pump houses linked to Medigadda and Annaram Barrages and the facility linked to Sundilla Barrage just escaped the nature’s fury as flood level started receding before water reached it.
The submergence of two pump houses also push the ayacut under irrigation systems and tanks that were being given water for the last five years into uncertainty. The project played a key role in boosting foodgrains, particularly paddy, production in Telangana.
According to the project authorities the flood level in Godavari at Kaleshwaram, located in the upstream of Medigadda Barrage surpassed the previous highest level of 107.05 metres, recorded in the 1986 floods, and crossed 108 metres early on Thursday and touched 110 metres in the wee hours of Friday.
