KIP — Kundalia Irrigation Project

// KIP Overview

Kundalia Major Irrigation Project

The Kundalia Irrigation Project lifts water from the Kundalia Reservoir on the Kalisindh River and distributes it through a pressurized underground pipeline network. The project irrigates 1,40,475 hectares of cultivable land across the Rajgarh and Agar Malwa districts, providing a reliable water supply to more than 400 villages through a modern pressurized irrigation system.

The Kundalia project is the pilot site for India's first SEBAL-based precision irrigation system — combining Sentinel-2 satellite data (10m resolution), weather stations and soil water balance modelling to compute actual evapotranspiration at field level and auto-generate dynamic irrigation schedules.

Sub-Projects & Command Areas

  • Kundalia Right Bank (KRB) 76,927 Ha
  • Kundalia Left Bank (KLB) 63,548 Ha

Water Delivery System

Water is drawn from the Kundalia reservoir via an intake sump and approach channel, pressurised through high-capacity VT pumps with VFD control, transported via rising main to three distribution chambers (DC-1, DC-2A, DC-2B), and then distributed via an extensive MS + HDPE underground pipe network to farm-level outlets (1–2.5 Ha).

Each ~300 Ha unit is remotely managed via sensor-equipped Remote Management Systems; ~30 Ha sub-units are controlled by Outlet Management Systems with IoT fuzzy logic controllers.

KIP Key Statistics

  • Source River Kalisindh (Chambal)
  • Total Storage 582.75 MCM
  • Live Storage 552.75 MCM
  • Pipeline (km) 13,607.79 KM
  • Pump houses 06
  • Villages served 400+

Water Allocation

  • Irrigation 497.75 MCM
  • Industrial use 15.00 MCM
  • Drinking water 10.00 MCM
  • Environment & ET 30.00 MCM

Irrigation Year Wise

20,000 Ha

Kundalia - 2021-2022

1,09,300 Ha

Kundalia - 2023-2024

1,37,475 Ha

Kundalia - 2024-2025

1,40,475 Ha

Kundalia - 2025-2026

// Project Schematic

Kundalia Right Bank

Schematic of the Kundalia Right Bank network: power runs from the Nalkheda 220/132 KV substation over a 25 km transmission line to the 132/11.5 KV switch yard; water enters through a 2.55 km approach channel to the main pump house, and rising mains RM-1, RM-2 and RM-3 feed distribution chambers DC-1, DC-2B and DC-2A serving Zone-1 (15,779 Ha), Zone-2 (7,395 Ha) and Zone-3 (43,917 Ha)

Kundalia Left Bank

Schematic of the Kundalia Left Bank network: power runs from the Nalkheda 220/132 KV substation over an 8.65 km transmission line to the 132/11.5 KV switch yard; a 1.8 km approach channel feeds Main Pump House-1, then DC-1A & DC-1B and booster Pump Houses 2–4 with DC-2, DC-3 and RM-2 serve Zone-1 to Zone-6 across 63,548 Ha
Map of the Kundalia command areas around the Kundalia reservoir: Kundalia Left Bank (63,548 Ha) and Kundalia Right Bank (76,927 Ha)
  • Aerial view of the Kundalia pump house complex beside the reservoir, with the red surge vessels in the foreground
    Pump House
  • Aerial view of the twin elevated distribution chambers 1A and 1B
    Distribution Chamber - 1A & 1B
  • Solar-powered outlet management system cabinets standing in a green crop field
    Outlet Management System
  • Sprinkler irrigation running across the fields at Dharola village
    Dharola Village