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30 Mar 2022 Koyna Dam

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Recently the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has informed about the delay in giving revised administrative approval to an incomplete hydroelectric project in Maharashtra. The allocation of funds has been blocked for more than six years due to this delay.
The Water Resources Department (WRD), Government of Maharashtra had given administrative approval in 2004 for the construction of a 2×40 megawatt (MW) hydroelectric project on the left bank of the Koyna dam.

Koyna Dam is the biggest dam of Maharashtra, it is located in Koyana Nagar of Satara district.
It is located on the state highway between Chiplun and Karad in the Western Ghats. The Koyna Dam is a rubble-concrete dam built on the Koyna River, which originates from Mahabaleshwar, a hill-station in the Sahyadri ranges. The Hindu Analysis.
Work on Koyna Dam was started in the year 1951 and for the first time in the year 1962, the work for installing the turbine started.
Presently Phase V of Koyna Hydroelectric Project is under construction.
The main purpose of the dam is to supply hydroelectricity with irrigation facilities to the neighboring areas.
The Koyna Dam provides hydroelectric power supply to western Maharashtra as well as some neighboring areas. Today Current Affairs
Dam plays an important role in flood control during monsoon season. The catchment area connects the Koyna River with the Sivasagar Lake, which is about 50 km in length.
Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary which is about 423.55 sq.km. Covers the area, was notified in the year 1985.
In the year 2007, Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary along with Chandoli National Park was declared as a part of Sahyadri Tiger Reserve by the National Tiger Conservation Authority.
It is one of the largest civil engineering projects undertaken after the independence of India. Koyna Hydroelectric Project is operated by Maharashtra State Electricity Board.

The Koyna, a tributary of the Krishna, originates from Mahabaleshwar in Satara district in western Maharashtra.
Unlike most other rivers of Maharashtra which flow in an east-west direction, Koyna river flows in a north-south direction.
It covers an area of 2,036 sq km in the ‘Deccan area’ of Satara district of Maharashtra state.
With an altitude range of 550–1,460 m above mean sea level, it generally represents a geographical formation characteristic of the Deccan Plateau in the Western Ghats region.
There is also a ‘Koyna Dam’, which builds the Sivasagar Reservoir in Koyna Nagar.
Koyna River is supported by four tributaries, which include Kera, Vang, Morna and Mahind etc. The Kera, Vang and Morna dams are present on these rivers.