- Chief Minister of Telangana Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (age 65 years) inaugurated the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project, one of the largest multi-stage and multi-purpose lift irrigation schemes.
- The cost of this project is Rs.80,190 crore, touted as one of the world’s largest irrigation projects.
- Once fully completed, the cities of Telangana state like Karimnagar, Rajanna Sircilla, Siddipet, Medak, Yadadri, Nalgonda, Sangareddy, Nizamabad, Jagtial, etc, will be irrigated.
Published On : 22 Jun 2019
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