Mission Kakatiya
is a program for restoring and rejuvenating 46,531 tanks and lakes, storing 265 TMC water across Telangana State. This project has resulted in an increased irrigated area under tank ayacut by 51.5%.
Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP)
The Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP)- the making of an engineering marvel, claimed as the world’s largest multi-stage and multi-purpose lift irrigation scheme, and also the longest and biggest irrigation system. The project is intended to irrigate over 37 lakh acres of new and existing ayacut, providing drinking water to Hyderabad and villages en route and supplying water for industrial needs by lifting 195 tmc ft of water from the Godavari at 2 tmc ft a day during the flood season.
By lifting one more tmc ft water a day later, the government plans to bring another 8 lakh acres under irrigation.
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Amazon opens its largest campus in the world in Hyderabad
Amazon just opened its biggest office building in the world in the Indian city of Hyderabad. Amazon India on 08/21 Wednesday inaugurated the largest company- owned campus, worldwide, in Hyderabad, the only one outside the US.
The e-commerce firm will house more than 15,000 employees out of the over 62,000 members of the India team. The new campus is spread over 9.5 acres, and is its largest tech base outside the Seattle headquarters, which has about 155,000 contract employees. Intel’s 620,000 sq. ft facility is part of Intel’s existing 44-acre campus on Sarjapur Ring Road in the city. More recently, Swedish retail giant Ikea had also opened its first Indian outlet in Hyderabad, which is built over an area of 400,000 sq. feet.
Source:
https://www.businessinsider.sg/amazon-campus-hyderabad-india-photo-tour-2019-8/
Google’s Biggest Campus Outside US Is In Hyderabad
Currently, Google is operating out of a leased facility in Kondapur wherein it employs about 7,000 people engaged in cutting-edge work in innovative technologies.
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Google’s 2nd biggest campus in Hyderabad soon, 21st Feb 2019
IT giant’s 22-storey building in Financial District to be largest campus outside
US. The facility proposed with an investment of Rs.1,000 crore promises to be a landmark
in itself housing 13,000 employees.
Source:
https://telanganatoday.com/googles-search-ends-in-hyderabad
Hyderabad, Telangana is Home to top 5 companies:
Telangana is home to the largest campuses of top five global companies that include
Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Apple.
Kakatiya Dynasty
• ESTABLISHMENT IN 1163 A.D.
• HANAMAKONDA WAS THE FIRST CAPITAL OF THE KAKATIYAS
• OWING TO THE LINGUISTIC EXPANSION OF 60 YEARS, THE
KAKATIYAS RULED OVER MOST OF THE PRESENT DAY TELANGANA
AND ANDHRA
• ORUGALLU, NOW KNOWN AS WARANGAL, WAS ESTABLISHED AS
THE CAPITAL OF THE KAKATIYAS IN 1195 A.D
• RAMAPPA TEMPLE IS A STANDING TESTIMONY TO THE ICONIC
KAKATIYA STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILT DURING 1213 A.D
• The iconic Kakatiya Thoranam was built by Rudramadevi’s father in
the 12th Century.
• The 1000 pillar temple in Warangal was built during the Kakatiya
Rule and is another example to the exquisite Kakatiya Architecture
FACTS ABOUT TELANGANA
- Warangal has a domestic airport which was established in 1930 during
Nizam period
ü Char Minar is the iconic face of Telangana, built-in 1591
ü Thousand pillar temple which is located in Hanmakonda was built-in
11th century
ü P.V. Narasimha Rao was the 9th prime minister of India
ü Cultural of Telangana is blended of traditions of Mughals and Nizams of
Hyderabad
ü Hussain Sagar lake was built by Husain Shah Wali in 1562
ü Official Languages: Telugu and Urdu
ü Major dance and music forms: Perini Sivatandavam or Perini
Thandavam
ü Kuntala waterfall which is in Adilabad district is the biggest waterfall of
the state.
ü Telangana IT exports cross ₹1 lakh crore-mark
ü Bammera pothana Bagavatham
ü Telangana besides being India’s youngest state has a legacy about
5000 years Telangana State has long been a meeting place for diverse
languages and cultures and often called as South of North and North
of South
ü It is also known for its Ganga-Jamuna Tehzeeb
ü The Telangana culture is a mixture of Telugu traditions and Persian
traditions from Mughals and Nizams
ü About 76% of the population speak Telugu, 12% Urdu and 12%
speak other languages
ü Urdu was the language of the educated elite of Telangana
ü The Telangana state lies on the Deccan plateau and its topography
dictates more millet and roti(leavened bread) based dishes.
ü Oggu Katha is traditional folklore singing
ü Salarjung museum is 3rd largest museum in India
ü Kohinoor diamond
ü The Falaknuma Palace, constructed by the Paigah family