Aurangabad: Minor irrigation department has destroyed a portion of a small dam in the Beed Maharashtra district given the safety of residents around it and to facilitate road work on the nearby national highway, an official said on Tuesday.
Reservoir is located in Aranwadi Village in Dharur Tehsil Beed and residents of several coexist villages have protested the demolition because they have the view that such a measure will cause a waste of water dam, which is used for irrigation and drinking.
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They also accused that some reservoirs were dismantled on Sundays only to save roads that were of poor quality and suffered damage only in one rainy season rain.
Residents of Aranwadi Sunil Shingare, who is also the Chair of Dharur Agriculture, produced the Market Committee, said that the locals had demanded a dam in the area for the past 15 years and the construction of this reservoir was completed recently.
“It was fully filled in this month and will resolve the problem of scarcity of water in Aranwadi, Choramba, Gavhan, Dhagewadi and Pahadi, and Pahadi village located in the reduced area,” he said.
He said when they learned that the authorities planned to drop a portion of the reservoir, the local residents were restrained until late at night on July 24.
“The 500 meter-length road has been built in the water catchment area, but its quality.
Not to go to the target.
If the water surface of the dam does not decrease, the authorities are afraid of the road to be swept away.
Therefore, to save a bad road, our water has been wasted (by moving Some dams), “Shingare accused.
Balaji Chavan, a neighboring citizen Choramba, said a national highway connecting Khamgaon and the city of Pandharpur passed the place.
“The road is impossible to face water pressure, so the dam is dismantled.
The people in the area can barely get drinking water in the summer of May and with a razing of some dams, we will face a scarcity in the future,” he said.
When contacted, the executive engineer of the Ministry of Little Irrigation Umesh Wankhede said the current dam was filled with up to 87 percent of the total storage capacity after rain in the past two weeks, and the decision to dismantle partially considered the security of the reservoir and the closest places.
“The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) also wrote to us about ongoing road work and high water levels can damage it.
There is no gate system (on the dam), so we have to dismantle some of the walls.
On the next monsoon, we Will reconstruct, “said the official.
Dharur Tehsildar (Revenue Officer) Vandana Shedolkar said they had submitted a report on this issue to the district collectors.