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Punad Major Irrigation Project JI00489
| # | Attribute | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irrigation Project Name | Punad Major Irrigation Project |
| 2 | Irrigation Project Name Alias | |
| 3 | Purpose | Irrigation |
| 4 | Type | Major |
| 5 | Engineering Type | Diversion, Storage |
| 6 | Status | Ongoing |
| 7 | State | Maharashtra |
| 8 | Districts Benefited | Nashik |
| 9 | Basin | Tapi |
| 10 | River | Girna,Punand |
| 11 | Project Sharing | None |
| 12 | Intercountry | None |
| 13 | Interbasin | No |
| 14 | Work Started in 5 Year Plan | VI-Plan |
| 15 | Completed in 5 Year Plan | |
| 16 | Project Approval Status | Planning Commission |
| 17 | Year of Approval by Planning Commission | 2005 |
| 18 | Approved Cost (Rs. in cr) | 157.78 |
| 19 | Actual Cost (Rs. in cr) | |
| 20 | Culturable Command Area (CCA) (th ha) | 17.84 |
| 21 | Ultimate Irrigation Potential (UIP) (th ha) | 10.85 |
| 22 | Potential Created (PC) (th ha) | |
| 23 | Project Covered under ERM Scheme | No |
| 24 | Project Covered under CADA Scheme | No |
| 25 | Project Covered under AIBP Scheme | Yes |
| 26 | Studies Conducted | |
| 27 | Project Covered under Tribal Sub-Plan | Yes |
| 28 | Project Covered under Drought Prone Area Programme (DPAP) | Yes |
| 29 | Remarks |
| # | Name | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chankapur Dam | Dam |
| 2 | Punad Dam | Dam |
| 3 | Sule Weir | Barrage/ Weir/ Anicut (BWA) |
Project Description
Punad Irrigation Project, started in 1982, is being constructed on river Punad, a tributary of river Girna in Tapi basin near village Suple Digar in Nasik District of Maharashtra. The project comprises of a 706.5m long composite dam with maximum height-33.28 m with design floods of 1985 cumecs through 4 radial gates of 12 x 6.50 m size along-with 9.40 km long Left Bank Canal and 8.50 km long Right Bank Canal at Suple for 445 ha annual irrigation. In addition, the project includes construction of 120 m long pick up weir near Sule village, 6 km downstream of Suple dam alongwith 34 km long Left Bank Canal and 19.00 km long Right Bank Canal for 3315 ha annual irrigation and construction of 37.10 km long Right Bank Canal from existing Chankapur storage for 7086 ha annual irrigation. Project was earlier accorded investment clearance by the Planning Commission, in December 2005 for creation of 10846 ha annual irrigation with 61% irrigation intensity on 17841 ha CCA with an estimated cost Rs 157.78 Crore (as per 2004-05 price level). Subsequently the project cost was revised to Rs 340.56 Crore (PL 2008-09) and approved by the Planning Commission in May 2009.
Present Status
Project has been receiving Central Assistance (CA) under AIBP since 2006-07 and out of total target of 10846 ha, reportedly IP of 7875 ha of I.P. was created by 03/2011. The outstanding 2971 ha is proposed to be created by 03/2012.
