Water Resources Department (WRD), Maharashtra has invited bids for the monetisation of water assets and the development of a floating solar panel project on the Ujjani Dam Reservoir. 

The initiative involves allowing a selected bidder to develop a floating solar power plant on 15 percent of the available water surface area through a public-private partnership (PPP). Ujjani Dam, located in Bhimanagar, taluka Madha, district Solapur, has an available water surface area of 3,000 hectares at maximum draw down level (MDDL) for the project. 

The selected bidder will be responsible for constructing the floating solar panels, an EHV pooling sub-station, and all necessary evacuation infrastructure connecting the plant to the nearest EHV substation of MSETCL/STU. Once completed, the evacuation infrastructure from the delivery point to the EHV substation will be transferred to the state transmission utility.

The closing date for bid submission is 09 January, 2026.