MMR to get drinking water from 2 new Karjat dam projects

Maharashtra cabinet approved ₹18,842 crore for four dam projects to enhance drinking water supply in Mumbai region and irrigation in Dhule and Sindhudurg.

Mumbai: The Maharashtra cabinet on Tuesday approved four dam projects worth ₹18,842 crore, including two in Raigad district that will provide drinking water to areas in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, such as Navi Mumbai, Panvel, Ulhasnagar, Ambernath and Badlapur.

Thane, India. Oct 02, 2024: General view of Middle Vaitarna Dam. Middle Vaitarna Dam is the third tallest dam in Maharashtra, built-in 2012 using roller-compacted concrete on the Vaitarna river in Kochale village, Thane district. Thane, India. Oct 02, 2024. (Photo by Raju Shinde/HT Photo) (Hindustan Times)

A 12.344 TMC (thousand million cubic feet) capacity dam will be built on the Poshir River in Karjat at a cost of ₹6,394.13 crore. The live stock water storage in this project would be 9.721 TMC, out of which 7.933 TMC is proposed for drinking and 1.859 TMC for industrial use. Water from this project will be supplied to MMR regions such as Navi Mumbai, Ulhasnagar, Ambernath and Badlapur for drinking purposes.

A 6.61 TMC dam is also proposed to be constructed on the Shilar River in Karjat. This project will supply drinking water for drinking purposes to the municipal corporations of Panvel and Navi Mumbai.

The state cabinet also sanctioned the revised administrative approval of ₹5,329.46 crore for the lift irrigation scheme in Dhule district. The Sulwade Jamphal Kanoli Upsa Irrigation Scheme in Shindkheda taluka of Dhule district will irrigate 36,407 hectares of land in Shindkheda and Dhule tehsils. As of March, ₹2,407.67 crore has already been spent on this project.