Tembhu is a small village situated on the eastern bank of the
River Krishna, near
Karad
Karad is a city in Satara district of Indian state of Maharashtra and it is 320 km (180.19 miles) from Mumbai and 159 km from Pune. It lies at the confluence of Koyna River and the Krishna River known as the "Priti sangam". T ...
, in the
Satara District
Satara district (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, aːt̪aɾaː is a Districts of Maharashtra, district of Maharashtra state in western India with an area of and a population of 3,003,741 of which 14.17% were urban (). Satara (city), ...
of
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
, India. Tembhu is the site of an
Rs 9-billion
irrigation
Irrigation (also referred to as watering) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow Crop, crops, Landscape plant, landscape plants, and Lawn, lawns. Irrigation has been a key aspect of agriculture for over 5,00 ...
project, set up in order to provide water to the
drought
A drought is defined as drier than normal conditions.Douville, H., K. Raghavan, J. Renwick, R.P. Allan, P.A. Arias, M. Barlow, R. Cerezo-Mota, A. Cherchi, T.Y. Gan, J. Gergis, D. Jiang, A. Khan, W. Pokam Mba, D. Rosenfeld, J. Tierney, an ...
-stricken Satara district. A recent report by a
government
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state.
In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...
committee has looked into the project and decided that it is unviable, citing, among other reasons, "unusually high" project costs.
It is the birthplace of famous "samajsudharak" Mr.
Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
''Gopal Ganesh Agarkar'' (14 July 1856 – 17 June 1895) was an Indian social reformer, educationist, and thinker from Maharashtra, India.
At one time a close associate of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, he was co-founder of multiple educational in ...
(Freedom Fighter) who played important role in political and social aspects of maharashtra before independence. That era is also known as "tilak-agarkar" era.
Now Tembhu LIS project is costing Rs. 26 billion. The project is likely to be declared as National Project
On 10 August 2009, while testing the rising main an accident occurred; injuring 7 people and causing one death.
References
Tembhu irrigation project unviableState to rethink Krishna Valley irrigation plan
Villages in Satara district
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