Cost of middle Vaitarna Dam goes up by Rs 150 crore

The reservoir of the dam will now be dug two metres deeper than was originally planned, so as to stockpile larger amounts of water for droughts; officials hopeful of completing work by next monsoon The estimated expenditure to be incurred for building the ambitious Middle Vaitarna dam on the Vaitarna river -- the tallest dam in Maharashtra -- has risen by Rs 150 crore. The revised budget was cleared at the BMC's standing committee meeting on Saturday. The increased cost was sanctioned to make way for an altered design,

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