An unprecedented flood in the river Godavari has left a massive trail of loss to the prestigious Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project by submerging three its five key pump-houses linked to Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla Barrages.
The submergence of three pump houses also throws the future of ayacut under the irrigation systems and tanks that were being given water for the last five years into uncertainty. The project played a key role in boosting food grains, 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 meters, recorded in the 1986 floods, and crossed 108 meters early on Thursday and touched 110 meters in the wee hours of Friday.
