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Corporations/ Associations/ Others | Maharashtra - India | PID: 200927
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The Maharashtra Cabinet has approved an additional grant of Rs 1,710 crore on 30 May, 2023 to expedite and complete the Jigaon dam project on Purna river in Nandura in Buldhana district of Maharashtra. The project will be executed by the Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation (VIDC) and primarily cater to the Vidarbha region
Once completed, the project would irrigate over a lakh hectare of farmland, and will also cater to drinking water needs of the drought-prone areas of Akola, Buldhana and adjoining districts. The third revised approval was granted to the project in 2019
Prior to starting the dam work, VIDC has constructed five bridges and assembled gates, and activities for the lift irrigation schemes (LIS). Once completed, Jigaon will be the second biggest dam in the region after the Gosikhurd project, which is yet to be completed
Sanctioned in 1997 with a Rs 699-crore outlay, the project cost has escalated several times in the last 25 years
| Updated on: 02 - Jun - 2023
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