KCR dedicates Kondapochammasagar to Telangana people

Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao dedicated Kondapochammasagar to the people of Telangana on Friday by switching on a motor in the Markook lift to pump water into the reservoir that intends to serve over 2.85 lakh acres ayacut in nine Assembly constituencies. Seer Tridandi China Jeeyarswamy, several of his Cabinet colleagues and officials were present on the occasion.
By switching on the pumping facility to lift water to 618 metres above the mean sea level (MSL), the
highest extent to be lifted through multi-stage lifting of water as part of the Kaleshwaram project,
the Godavari river water reaches the highest point intended. The river water reaches the balancing
reservoir with 15 tmc ft capacity by travelling for about 200 km from Medigadda barrage, the point of
the confluence of Pranahitha river with Godavari, with the help of 10 lifts.