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A landmark in the lift irrigation sector, the Laxmipur Underground Pumping Station of Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project has been completed in 3 years. Highlights: The pumphouse has the highest pumping and motor capacity in the globe Aided by 7 motors with 139 MW  capacity each and 1unit weight with all auxiliaries 2376 MT It can lift 2 TMC water per day is the highest, which is the highest in the world The biggest underground cavern and Asia’s longest tunnel in a scheme over 203km The first underground 160MVA pump transformer in the world with an exclusive 400/13.8/11 KV sub-station It consists of the world’s largest surge pools to ensure uninterrupted pumping Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Limited (MEIL) has made yet another glorious achievement in the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP). MEIL successfully commenced operations in the world’s largest Laxmipur Underground Pumping Station (LUPS – the Package 8). The pump house has been named after...

KLIP is by far the first of its kind and the largest lift scheme in the world. The project requires 7152 MW of electricity for the Package-8 pumping station to pump 3 TMCs of water daily. It is constructed 330 meters below the ground and is the only one consisting of such a gigantic underground pumping station with 7 units, each having a capacity of 139 MWs. Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project ready for inauguration MEIL, India’s leading infrastructure company has completed the construction of the world’s biggest engineering marvel, the largest lift irrigation scheme namely the  Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation . It is going to be inaugurated on 21st June. Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Limited (MEIL) has completed the project on a FastTrack mode and the construction has been completed in record time. All the civil and electro-mechanical works in Medigadda to Mid-Maneru link-1 and link-2 has been completed. Leading the industry with decades of experience, the comp...