The Proposal: This link proposes to divert surplus waters available at Bhugad and Khargihill reservoirs in Damanganga basin to Pinjal dam across the river Pinjal in Vaitarna basin.  It will transmit 909 Mcum of water to Mumbai City for meeting the domestic and industrial demands.

Engineering Aspect: The proposal envisages construction of three storage reservoirs viz. Bhugad, Khargihill and Pinjal.  The entire conveyance portion of the link canal is sub-divided into two parts, viz. (i) a tunnel of 16.85 km length to connect Bhugad and Khargihill reservoirs and (ii) a tunnel of 25.70 km length to connect Khargihill and Pinjal reservoirs.  Since, the main objective of the scheme is to provide additional water supplies to the Metropolitan Area of Mumbai City, further arrangements from the reservoir Pinjal for transporting of water to Mumbai City has to be made according to the plans of Municipal Corporation of Mumbai and Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority.

Environmental Issue: The conveyance system of the link canal is proposed to be traversed through two tunnels of length 16.85 km and 25.70 km respectively for connecting the proposed reservoirs viz. Bhugad – Khargihill and Khargihill –Pinjal.   Hence the land acquisition, which is required for the link canal system will be nil.  The submergence areas coming under the proposed Bhugad and Khargihill reservoirs will be of the order of 1,903 ha. and 1,558 ha. respectively. In the case of Pinjal reservoir the same will be 1,900 ha, of which 1,175 ha. will come under forest.

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