The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has accorded environmental clearance (EC) to Nardave Medium Irrigation project.
The project is being undertaken by the Water Resources Department, Konkan Irrigation Development Corporation, Maharashtra.
The project envisages construction of concrete gravity dam having a maximum height of 66.43 mtr and 1,749 mtr length with gated spillway on the right flank and Irrigation cum Power Outlet (ICPO) on the left flank with gross storage capacity of 123.74 MCM on Gad river near Nardave village in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra.
The project has GCA of 12,631 ha, CCA of 9,978 ha and ICA of 8,084 ha on both the banks of Gad river to be benefitted by 48 villages of Kankavali, Kudal and Malvan talukas of Sindhudurg district.
Irrigation proposed in the project is by lift irrigation for which a series of 14 K T Weirs will be provided along the river course to enable lifting of water for irrigation.
The project also envisages a ROR scheme underground powerhouse with generation capacity of three MW (two x 1.5 MW).
The revised estimated cost of the project is about Rs 446.71 crore. The total land requirement for the project is 631.162 ha, of which total land of 585.772 ha is private, 11.25 ha is government and 34.14 ha is forest land.