Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandra Sekhar Rao inaugurated the Markook pump house and released to Kondapochamma Sagar project, it is the part of Kalleshwaram lift irrigation project on Friday.

He took part in special rituals at Markook village in Siddipet district along with Seer Chinna Jeeyar Swami prior to the inauguration. He also offered prayers at local temple. Kondapochamma is the tenth state project, the last and vital project, in Kalleshwaram project. It was taken up at an estimated cost of Rs. 3, 500 cr with a storage capacity of 15 TMC. It will irrigate 2.5 lakh acres in Siddipet, Sangareddy, Medak, Yadadri, Bhuvanagiri and Medchal-Malkajgiri district. Godavari water flow to Kondapochamma Sagar through Midmanair, Ananthagiri and Ranganayaka Sagar reservoirs, which have already been completed and inaugurated in the last one year.

From Kondapochamma Sagar, plans have been prepared to lift water to Keshavapur in Shamirpet Mandal to provide drinking water to Greater Hyderabad in near future. The Kondapochamma Sagar reservoir constructed with a pump house with six machines each with 27 MW capacity with this 3767 MW pumping capacity has been operationalized.