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IN PHOTOS: After over 50-year wait, Nilwande canal network starts

Updated On: 31 May, 2023 04:20 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday inaugurated the canal network of Nilwande dam, over 50 years after the project was planned to decrease the problems of water scarcity in about six talukas of Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. Pics/Twitter/Devendra Fadnavis

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The construction of the 85-km-long left bank canal with a capacity to deliver water at 921 cusecs is completed, except the concrete lining. Pics/Twitter/Devendra Fadnavis
The construction of the 85-km-long left bank canal with a capacity to deliver water at 921 cusecs is completed, except the concrete lining. Pics/Twitter/Devendra Fadnavis
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The project, including the dam and its canals is aimed at bringing around 68,000 hectare of land under irrigation. It is expected to provide drinking water to over 125 villages in Ahmednagar and Sinnar taluka in Nashik

The project, including the dam and its canals is aimed at bringing around 68,000 hectare of land under irrigation. It is expected to provide drinking water to over 125 villages in Ahmednagar and Sinnar taluka in Nashik

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It is reportedly the first major project in the country where the piped distribution network for smaller distributaries will be carried out

It is reportedly the first major project in the country where the piped distribution network for smaller distributaries will be carried out

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The work of the dam was reportedly completed and commissioned in the year 2014. But the canal networks were still under construction

The work of the dam was reportedly completed and commissioned in the year 2014. But the canal networks were still under construction

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The project was initially approved as Mhaladevi in 1970 at an estimated cost of Rs7.9 crore

The project was initially approved as Mhaladevi in 1970 at an estimated cost of Rs7.9 crore

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On Wednesday, CM Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis visited the spot to officially inaugurate the project

On Wednesday, CM Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis visited the spot to officially inaugurate the project

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