Mulshi is the name of a major dam on the Mula River in India. It is located in the Mulshi taluka administrative division of the Pune district of Maharashtra State.
Water from the dam is used for irrigation as well as for generating electricity at the Bhira hydroelectric power plant, operated by Tata Power. The station operates six 25MW Pelton turbines installed in 1927 and one 150MW Pumped Storage Unit. Water from this reservoir located in the Krishna River basin is diverted to the Bhira power house for generating Hydro electricity.
During the construction of the dam and power station, Vinayak Bhuskute and Pandurang Mahadev Bapat led Mulshi Satyagrah, a movement (April1921 to December1924) to represent farmers whose land had been taken to build the project. Pandurang Mahadev Bapat was dubbed Senapati (commander) in recognition of his leadership.
Although, a century has passed since the completion of the Dam, many of the demands of the aggrieved farmers are not full filled yet.
As per the agreement in the year 1937 between the Government and Tata Power Company under the Land Acquisition Act (1894), land acquired and compensation paid was as follows : Sr. No. Village name Area( Acre-Gunthe) Compensation (Rs) 1 Adgaon 234 15 12180 2 Aharwadi 353 39 36789 3 Aksai 295 36 47857 4 Ambawane 082 23 03628 5 Awalas 811 1 156747 6 Barshe (Bu) 606 39 62396 7 Barshe (Khu) 355 19 39271 8 Bhadas (Khu) 372 12 65132 9 Bhamburde (Khu) 062 14 4610 10 Bhorkas 640 5 122805 11 Chachivali 240 20 58236 12 Chandivali 51 35 11781 13 Davadi 43 35 8000 14 Devloli 380 7 65742 15 Dhangol 59 25 11367 16Gonavadi 211 25 67562 17 Kumbheri 380 39 29351 18 Male 32 39 3048 19 Mohori 411 18 85241 20 Mulapur 504 35 70575 21Mulashi (Bu) 517 8 98439 22Mulashi (Khu) 383 28 59320 23 Nandivali 384 00 120146 24Naniwali 254 19 64770 25 Nimbarawadi 201 21 41524 26 Nive 143 18 39195 27 Niwarvande 281 21 66138 28 Palase 212 10 52785 29 Paritwadi 190 29 31427 30 Pimpri 157 19 12516 31Pongaon 134 6 29399 32 Sambhave 64 9 5766 33 Sangavi 160 11 27843 34 Sarule 310 17 67524 35 Shedani 7036 194960 36 Shirgaon 2377 66386 37Shiroli 587 33 126004 38 Tamhini (Bu) 1843318270 39 Tamhini (Khu) 215 22 27884 40 Tiskari207 35 9056 41 Tista 145 13 20122 42 Wadagaon 48529 84501 43 Wadawathar 54036111668 44 Welholi 23115 31604 45Wadaste 676 27 112259 46Walane 70811 156530 47 Wandre 241231292 48 Warak 379 3585412 Total land acquired is 15073 acres and 35 gunthas, paying compensation of Rs.27,55,082.
Apart from this, Rs. 377,403 was paid as compensation for houses, trees and temples. Thus, total compensation paid was Rs. 3,132,485.
Tourism In recent years Mulshi and adjoining areas have been developed as a tourist destination, adding accommodation for leisure guests. The place is around 2 hours drive from Pune and is a major attraction over the weekends. The best time of the year to visit Mulshi is from August to October.
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Tata Hydro Power Plants Tata Power's hydro power projects in India, including photos of Muslhi Dam and Bhira Power Station