KCR's Grand New Dream: 1,26,036 km Water Pipeline.

In its pursuit to provide potable water to all households in the State, the Telangana government would lay a total of 1,26,036 km water pipeline that includes main trunk line, secondary lines and distribution networks.

Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao claimed that the length of water line would set a world record, becoming the longest water pipeline built anywhere in the world. After reviewing the maps, contours designed by the officials using Google Earth pertaining to the availability of water bodies and geographical conditions recently, the Chief Minister said the government was attaching great importance to meet the drinking needs of the people.

Explaining the magnitude of the project, he said, 'The length of water pipeline proposed by the government is four times that of Earth’s circumference, which is 33,000 km'.

The proposed water pipeline will include 5,227 km of main trunk line, 45,089 km of secondary network and 75,000 km distribution channels.


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