The Godavari enters at 100 metres. The plateau it must water sits 504 metres higher. Hold the river behind the barrages, switch on the pumps, and watch it climb — reservoir by reservoir — until it reaches the fields, the taps and the factories.
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Press Start the lift to run the whole machine — or work it yourself: tap any pump to run a single stage, tap a barrage gate to hold or release the river.
Nine pumping stations, ten reservoirs, a 504-metre climb — drawn to the metre from the Telangana Library record. Vertical scale is true; the illustration is stylised so the working reads at a glance.