Last Modified: Thu Sep 22 2016 14:13:11 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
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Rs. 1,789 crore
has been spent on the project so far by the Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation (VIDC), yet no work is visible on the ground. The dam is to be built on the Purna river in Buldhana district of Maharashtra.
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14x
jump in project cost over the 15 years since it was commissioned. Cost of the project has increased from Rs. 394 crore to Rs. 5,700 crore, assuming it will be completed in 2019.
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Rs. 450 crore
spent on construction of 5 bridges, locals say two of them are not of much use.
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Rs. 400 crore
spent on lift irrigation schemes (LIS) which is supplementary work and cannot be used unless the dam is constructed.
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13,700 hectares
are required for the dam bearing in mind its purpose, however to date only 4,000 hectares have been acquired by VIDC. "Project affected persons" have complained of many irregularities in land acquisition as a number of then have been made to sign on blank panchnamas. Land acquisition is the primary reason for the delay.
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736 mcm
(million cubic metre) - storage capacity of the dam.
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84,240 hectare
irrigation potential of the dam.