Irrigation

The Handri-Niva Sujala Sravanthi (HNSS) project was conceived as a dream project for water-starved regions of Andhra Pradesh. The project is an engineering wonder comprising India’s longest canal that will flow from the project to a distance of 565 km. It envisages withdrawal of 40 TMC of flood water of Krishna River from the foreshore of Srisailam reservoir in 120 flood days during the period of August to November. The aim is to provide irrigation facilities to an extent of 6.02 lakh acres in Kurnool, Anantapur, Cuddapah, and Chittoor districts of Andhra Pradesh. The project also provides drinking water facilities to a population of 33 lakhs in 81 mandals and 437 villages en route the canal.

HNSS Phase-I scheme operates with 130 number of pumps with a power requirement of 416.47 MW. It is proposed to draw the flood water through an approach channel for a length of 1.75 kilometers from the foreshore of Srisailam reservoir near Malyala village of Nandikotkur mandala of Kurnool district. The water is drawn from lift cum gravity for a length of 565 kilometers. 12 number of lifts are involved in this length of canal. 5 number of tunnels are built along the canal covering a total length of 13.05 kilometers. 5 balancing reservoirs are constructed along the main canal for a total capacity of 3.81 TMC and 3 more balancing reservoirs are constructed along the branch canals for a total capacity of 4.60 TMC. In view of the large magnitude of the project, and in order to deliver early benefits, the project in taken up and completed in a phased manner.

MEIL commissioned this project within a month’s notice period from the client. The chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Mr. Shivraj Singh Chauhan inaugurated and dedicated the Khargone Lift Irrigation Project of the Narmada Valley Development Authority (NVDA) on January 13, 2015. After completion of the three phased project, irrigation facility to 33,140 hectares of land will be augmented, benefiting 18,536 farmers' families in 152 villages. Subsequently, Khargone will emerge as the ‘number one’ district in cash crop production.

Veligonda Project, as a whole, envisages to provide irrigational facilities to 4.38 lakh acres of farmlands and drinking water to 15 Lakh people in 29 mandals of fluorine and drought affected upland areas in Prakasam, Nellore and Cuddapah Districts by diverting 43.5 TMC of floodwater of Krishna from foreshore of Srisailam Reservoir near Kollamvagu and proposed to store in Nallamalasagar Reservoir. MEIL’s scope in the project has the potential to irrigate more than 65000 acres.

The project involves the construction of a lift irrigation scheme for withdrawal of and lifting of water from river Godavari near Pattiseema village in West Godavari district of A.P. to proposed reservoir near Routugudem village in West Godavari district. The project will serve an ayacut of 2.45 lakh acres.

The aim of the project in its entirety is to utilise 160 Tmcft of Pranahita water and serve 16.4 lakh acres in the water scarcity areas of Adilabad, Karimnagar, Warangal, Nizamabad, Medak, Nalgonda and Ranga Reddy districts in the state of Telangana. MEIL’s scope of work includes the execution of more than 10 packages of the project.

The total scope of the project translates to a carrying capacity of 1200 cusecs of excess over flowing flood water of Narmada at an estimated cost of Rs. 1533 crore. 30 reservoirs of Rajkot and Jamnagar Districts will be filled and more than 2 lakh acres of agriculture will be benefited. MEIL is assigned works relating to the execution of two packages of Link-1 of the project.

The overall project (including all phases) is the second biggest of its kind in Asia. Devadula is the place in Warangal District, Telangana, where the scheme's intake well is located. The project is specially designed to lift water from the River Godavari to irrigate lakhs of acres in the drought prone areas of the state. MEIL is assigned to deliver 3 packages in Phase-3 of the project.

The completed works in this specific package of the project include the construction of super structure of pump house, erection of pumps & motors, construction of control room, fabrication & erection of manifold, outfall structure, laying of 3 rows of pipeline of 3000 mm diameter that run across a length 116.25 km, the entire surge protection system including 18 nos. of vessels and 6 nos. of one-way surge tanks (OWST). All the 18 surge vessels (of length-18.38 Mt. and capacity-124 Cub. Mt.) were manufactured in MEIL’s Pressure Vessel Division.

The major part of the scheme was successfully commissioned in November 2014.

This project is also known as Yerram Chinna Polireddy Lift Irrigation Scheme. The project is located in Korisapadu and N.G. Padu mandals of Prakasam district in Andhra Pradesh.

The project envisages the lifting of 4.57 cumecs of water from Gundlakamma foreshore area to irrigate an ayacut of 20000 acres by constructing two online balancing at Korisapadu and Bollavarapadu villages, which are connected by a feeder canal to suit a micro irrigation system.

The project was partially commissioned in November 2014. The major components commissioned were:

 Korisapadu reservoir
 Pump house at Korisapadu
 11 km. of GRP pipeline (1700 mm)

The GRP pipeline used in this project is the largest diameter (for GRP pipes) used in MEIL projects.
In spite of facing many hurdles due to delays in land acquisition and non-release of power supply, the project team has stepped up and successfully commissioned the project.
The scope of the project also includes an operation and maintenance period of 15 years. The project client is Irrigation & Command Area Development Department (I&CAD), Andhra Pradesh.

The complete scheme is contemplated as a multi-purpose project which will be the first of its kind in the state to facilitate intra-basin transfer of water. Designed for lifting 1,800 cusecs from River Godavari in three stages, it will benefit 2,00,000 acres in Khammam, West Godavari and Krishna districts in Andhra Pradesh besides generating 76 MW of hydel power.

MEIL is entrusted with the execution of 3 packages (out of 7) that will cater to 20000 acres in Khammam district of Telangana.

The NKSL Project is one of the first river integration projects to be executed in India. The project was successfully commissioned by MEIL on 27th March, 2014. In view of the project’s scope and top priority to drinking water requirements of Malwa region, the MEIL team, through diligent planning and extraordinary execution skills braced itself to complete the project in record time. NKSL project provides water to lakhs of people in numerous towns and villages in the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh.

The aim of the project is to integrate the two major rivers in the state ‐ Godavari and Krishna, so as to provide water in the drought-prone regions of Rayalseema. Owing to its rich expertise in the field of irrigation projects, this challenging and time-bound task was assigned to MEIL.

The project is aimed to irrigate an area of 7 lakh acres approximately. The project was completed on time and it has earned numerous accolades as the fastest river integration project ever taken up in India.

To meet the tough deadlines of the Pattisam Project, the management of MEIL mobilized and deployed all its resources and manpower with the purpose of successfully completing the project on time in adherence to all quality guidelines.

This project was taken up by MEIL and NETAFIM as a joint venture in the state of Karnataka. It has turned into a model project for large scale drip irrigation projects and is one of the largest in Asia.