#Kaleshwaram - enduring symbol of engineering progress and partnership - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

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https://telanganatoday.com/kaleshwaram-recognised-as-an-enduring-symbol-of-engineering-progress-asce

 

The ASCE’s plaque bestowing this prestigious recognition to the project, was handed over to IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao at the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress at Nevada, US on Monday.

The ACSE recognition, pointing out that the project strives to increase total cultivable command area across the 13 districts in addition to stabilizing the existing cultivable command area, also said the project, in addition to constructing new reservoirs, was rejuvenating existing ones as well.

ASCE President Maria Lehman, through the plaque, bestowed the distinguished recognition on the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project as ‘an enduring symbol of engineering progress and partnership’.

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https://www.thehansindia.com/telangana/hyderabad-world-can-learn-from-success-of-kaleshwaram-project-said-american-society-of-civil-engineers-798861

Terming the project as mind blowing and amazing, Shirley Clark, the president-elect of American Society of Civil Engineers - Environmental and Water Resources Institute (ASCE-EWRI) said that it has raised the quality of life of residents of Telangana. “As a hydraulic engineer, lifting water 500 meters blows my mind,” Clark said.