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Flood mitigation: Water being pumped out through motors during the experimental run of the Kondaveetivagu scheme near Vijayawada on Sunday. The construction of the LI scheme began in January 2017 and is designed to pump 5,000 cusecs of water into the Krishna river using 16 motors. | Photo Credit: CH_VIJAYA BHASKARmore-inFour days before its scheduled inauguration by Chief Minister N.
Chandrababu Naidu on September 14, the Kondaveetivagu Lift Irrigation (LI) scheme at Sitanagaram was put on trial-run on Sunday morning. Heavy inflows into the stream have been wreaking havoc in Tadikonda, Medikonduru, Mangalagiri and Tadepalli mandals for a long time. The Kondaveetivagu LI scheme is a part of the Capital Region Development Authority flood mitigation plan as the flood water from the stream inundates crops in nearly 14,000 acres and also throws road traffic between the temple town of Amaravathi and Guntur out of gear..