Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today directed civic bodies in the district to employ 75 per cent of the project affected persons of the Barvi dam in their services.
Fadnavis held a meeting in Mumbai to review the progress of the Barvi dam and issue of project-affected persons, a release by Thane District Publicity Office said.
As per the release, the Chief Minister also said that the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) should take up the responsibility of employing 25 per cent of the project affected.
The dam supplies around 600 to 900 MLDs of water per day. Of this 485 MLDs are given to the urban local bodies and the gram panchayats.
Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation gets 190 MLD water, Thane Municipal Corporation receives 140 MLD while Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation gets 75 MLD water.
While Mira Bhayander receives 60 MLD water, Kalyan Dombivili Municipal Corporation gets 07 MLD, it added.
The Ambernath Municipal Council gets 13 MLD water and the balance is given to around 50 village panchayats, the release said.
Fadnavis said the civic bodies should give employment to the project affected in proportion to the water they draw from the dam and if it is not possible them compensate them.
The dam supplies 25 percent water to MIDC and hence they should provide employment to 25 per cent of the project affected, the Chief Minister added.
At present, the work of increasing the height of the dam is in progress and once completed the storage capacity of water will go up to 348.48 MLDs, it was stated.
As per the release, a total of 1,105 families from the villages of Kachkoli, Mohghar, Kolewadkhal, Manivali, Tondli, and Sukalwali will be displaced to the increase in the height of the dam.
