Visit to Maharashtra's largest dam

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Gosikhurd project, a 10,000 crore INR project is one of the largest projects in Vidarbha region. It includes main dam at Gosikhurd village, left and right bank Canal, 4 Lift Irrigation Scheme (LIS) on reservoir, 2 LIS on left bank canal, renovation of Asolamendha project etc.  It is lcated approx. 100 Km from Nagpur. This project is expected to irrigate nearly 5,00,000 hactares of land by 2012. currently, it is irrigating 2,56,000 hectares of land in Vidarbha. Gosikhurd village is located in Pauni Tahsil of

Bhandara district on Wainganga River. Wainganga originates near the village Pratapgarh in

Madhya Pradesh and traverses almost North-South through

Bhandara and Chandrapur district of Maharashtra state. We visited Gosikhurd dam which is created by constructing a composite dam 11.35 km long across River Wainganga. i.e. earthen

Dam both the right and left ban flanks of central masonry gated Ogee spillway 773m long in the river gorge and 14 m above foundation level.

The total catchment area drained up to the proposed dam site of Gosikhurd project is 34,860

km2, out of which 24,261 km2 lies in Madhya Pradesh and 10,627 km2 in Maharashtra

State. Gosikhurd reservoir is created by constructing a composite dam 11.35 km long with earth embankment across River Wainganga. The radial gates of 18.3x16.5 m are used first time in Maharashtra to discharge a design flood of 67,300 m3/sec. The gates are the second largest in India and largest in Maharashtra.

The submerged village.

         According to the engineer, we met there, more than 200 villages with population more than 25000 were displaced due to the project. The affected people want the same  The villagers were given land plots along the state highway with basic arrangements.  Still the problem is not sorted out. The people are not happy for what they have been provided. They want  the same provision as provided to the people affected by MIHAN(Multi-modal International Cargo Hub and Airport at Nagpur).

Gate opening system to operate the second largest gate in India.

Right Bank Canal

   

It is biggest challenge to every engineer of the circle, to convert all designs and drawings in to reality, without entertaining any mistake or fault. Definitely, their contribution in the success of the entire project is uncountable.