Why is kaleshwaram project also called a white elephant?
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the kaleshwaram lift irrigation project in Telangana has attracted considerable national attention the project site has now become a tourist destination for politicians and representatives of the media there have a hyperbolic reports about the scales size the speed of the constructions it remains however moot with the this project will generate the projected benefits for the Telangana farmers who continue to be victim of prolong draught and equate water shortage worm is a small temple town on Godavari write Bank about 300 km downstream of major dam Siri ram Sagar project known as s RSP and kaleshwaram the major tributary pranahita which merges with Godavari brings large quantity of water the place is also known as sum gum and dakshin Ganga the project proposes to lift about 180 TMC of water it includes construction of bridges high speed sperms for transport of water upstreams for providing for irrigation besides it involves construction of network storage dams series of internal scanners water passing through several stages of pumping and rivers flow into Godavari main river perhaps it is one of the most complex and expensive lift irrigation project in the country