DAMS IN MAHARASHTRA AND ITS ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
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A dam is a multipurpose project. India is a tropical country. After monsoon there is shortage of water in remaining eight months. Storage of water through dam reservoirs is necessary for agriculture and industrial manufacturing. Also, hydroelectricity is one of the important goals satisfied through dam Construction. Maharashtra rank first in dam construction in India. There are around 1821 large and small dams in Maharashtra. Koyana dam is the largest and tallest dam and then Bhatsa and Vaitarana dam. Ujjani Dam is the largest dam in Maharashtra in terms of total storage capacity of 3,140.000.000 m3.
In this paper main focus is on some positive and negative points of Dams in Maharashtra. How the biodiversity affected by construction of dams. The role dams of also important for the change of local climate condition and landscape features.
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