Pattiseema Lift Irrigation Project

Pattiseema Project
Location of Pattiseema Project in India
Official name Pattiseema Lift Irrigation Project
Location Between Godavari River and Polavaram Project
Coordinates 17°13′40″N 81°38′14″E / 17.227745°N 81.637242°E / 17.227745; 81.637242Coordinates: 17°13′40″N 81°38′14″E / 17.227745°N 81.637242°E / 17.227745; 81.637242
Opening date March 2016
Construction cost ₹1,660 crore (US$230 million)
Owner(s) Government of Andhra Pradesh
Godavari Water Flowing from Pattiseema Project to Polavaram Right Canal

Godavari River to Krishna River.[1]..[2]

Project Details

The project has one of the largest pump houses in Asia with 24 pumping units spread across an area of 7,476 sq m. The project has a combined capacity to discharge 240 cumecs of water.[3] These pumps deliver water drawn from the river Godavari in Pattiseema into the Polavaram Project Right Main Canal for the benefit of farmers in the Krishna river delta. Under the Bachawat tribunal and inter-state agreement between Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, 100 tmc of water can be diverted from River Godavari to River Krishna. Pattiseema project will bring the 100 TMC water to River Krishna.[4]This project has faced lot of hurdles in initial days as it was opposed by YSRC party citing that it had no storage component. [5]Though there were objections from opposition parties chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Nara Chandrababu Naidu has decided to take up this project.[6] The bold decision taken by chief Minister has helped thousands of farmers cultivating 1.3 million acres in krishna delta which faces water shortage in the period june to august.[7]The water pumped into canal from River Godavari would take 7 – 8 days to reach Prakasam Barrage after travelling by Gravity for about 160 km.[8]

In 2015 as part of trial run it has lifted 8.8 tmc of godavari water to krishna delta which saved standing crops worth Rs2,500 crores during dry spell.[9]During 2016-17 kharif season 56 tmc of godavari water released along with 20 tmc from Nagarjuna sagar project to meet needs of 11,35,900 acres of agriculture as well as 1,51,912 acres of aquaculture in Krishna delta.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Krishna meets Godavari in first river linkage". Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Pattiseema project makes it to Limca Book of Records". Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Pattiseema Lift Irrigation Scheme/Sets record for completion in 365 days". Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Pattiseema Lift Irrigation helped Krishna delta farmers". Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  5. ↑ "YSRCP opposed pattiseema Lift Irrigation".
  6. ↑ "Andhra Pradesh government's stand on Pattiseema".
  7. ↑ "Naidu's bad decision on Pattiseema".
  8. ↑ "10 MUST KNOW FACTS ABOUT PATTISEEMA PROJECT, INDIA'S FASTEST BUILT MEGA IRRIGATION PROJECT". Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  9. ↑ "Number of tmc of godavari water diverted in 2015".
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