Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) has commissioned two more pumping units each at Package-6 (seven x 116 MW) and Package-8 (seven x 139 MW) of Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme.

With this, BHEL has successfully commissioned all 14 pumping units of these packages within a record period of six months and well within the scheduled time. These are very large size pump sets with each pump designed to lift 89 cumecs of water against a head of 100 mtr to 125 mtr.

Kaleshwaram is a greenfield irrigation project and is being developed by the Irrigation & CAD Department of the government of Telangana. While, Package-6 is located in Peddapalli district, Package-8 is located in Karimnagar district of Telangana.

In Package-6, water shall be lifted from Sripada Yellampalli reservoir to Medaram reservoir and in Package-8, water shall be lifted from discharge of Package-7 (near Ragampet Village) to Mid Manair reservoir. BHEL's scope in the project comprises electrical and mechanical (E&M) works, including design, manufacture, supply and supervision of erection and commissioning of these vertical pump-motor sets along with associated auxiliaries in each package.

The equipment has been supplied from BHEL's manufacturing units at Bhopal, Rudrapur, Bengaluru and Jhansi, while the supervision of erection and commissioning at the site was carried out by the company's Power Sector Southern Region division, Chennai.

In Telangana, BHEL has so far commissioned 39 Pump-Motor sets of various ratings aggregating to 2,306 MW. In addition, BHEL is presently executing another 26 Pump-Motor sets totaling to 3,572 MW for various Lift Irrigation Schemes. BHEL is presently executing hydroelectric projects of more than 6,000 MW, which includes 2,910 MW of projects within the country and 3,184 MW abroad.