<p> The Pattiseema Lift Irrigation Scheme (PLS) on the Godavari in Andhra Pradesh has set a record by pumping 100 tmc of water into the Krishna basin by working non-stop for 148 days, entering the Limca Book of Records.</p>.<p>The 24 pumps worked for a record 1,20,000 hours, consuming 25,36, 06,000 kilowatts of electricity.</p>.<p>The Andhra Pradesh government took up the project as an interim measure until Polavaram Project is completed.</p>.<p>Executive Engineer (PLI) J Subramanyeswara Rao said the project, for which the foundation was laid on March 13, 2015, started working by March 20, 2016.</p>.<p>While the project could pump only 4 tmc of water through one pump initially, it could deliver 55.6 tmc of Godavari water into the Krishna during 2016.</p>.<p>"During the three seasons, the project delivered 159 tmc of water to the delta which would have flown into the Bay of Bengal," Irrigation Minister Devineni Umamaheswara Rao said.</p>.<p>The minister led a team of legislators to the project site on the occasion of pumping of 100 tmc of water into the Polavaram Right Canal.</p>.<p>Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Ltd (MEIL), which completed the project in a record time, says that 2,000 skilled and semi-skilled workers worked hard to complete the project in one year.</p>.<p>"With 24 pumps in an area of 7,476 square metres, Pattiseema is the biggest in its category in Asia," a MEIL release stated.</p>.<p>The state government says that Rs 24,000 crore worth crops have been saved by linking the Godavari with Krishna through Pattiseema scheme.</p>
<p> The Pattiseema Lift Irrigation Scheme (PLS) on the Godavari in Andhra Pradesh has set a record by pumping 100 tmc of water into the Krishna basin by working non-stop for 148 days, entering the Limca Book of Records.</p>.<p>The 24 pumps worked for a record 1,20,000 hours, consuming 25,36, 06,000 kilowatts of electricity.</p>.<p>The Andhra Pradesh government took up the project as an interim measure until Polavaram Project is completed.</p>.<p>Executive Engineer (PLI) J Subramanyeswara Rao said the project, for which the foundation was laid on March 13, 2015, started working by March 20, 2016.</p>.<p>While the project could pump only 4 tmc of water through one pump initially, it could deliver 55.6 tmc of Godavari water into the Krishna during 2016.</p>.<p>"During the three seasons, the project delivered 159 tmc of water to the delta which would have flown into the Bay of Bengal," Irrigation Minister Devineni Umamaheswara Rao said.</p>.<p>The minister led a team of legislators to the project site on the occasion of pumping of 100 tmc of water into the Polavaram Right Canal.</p>.<p>Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Ltd (MEIL), which completed the project in a record time, says that 2,000 skilled and semi-skilled workers worked hard to complete the project in one year.</p>.<p>"With 24 pumps in an area of 7,476 square metres, Pattiseema is the biggest in its category in Asia," a MEIL release stated.</p>.<p>The state government says that Rs 24,000 crore worth crops have been saved by linking the Godavari with Krishna through Pattiseema scheme.</p>
