Tembhu is a small village situated on the eastern bank of the
River Krishna
The Krishna River in the Deccan plateau is the third-longest in India, after the Ganga and Godavari. It is also the fourth-largest in terms of water inflows and river basin area in India, after the Ganga, Indus and Godavari. The river, also ca ...
, near
Karad
Karad is a city in Satara district of Indian States and territories of India, state of Maharashtra. It is located 302 km (180.19 miles) from Mumbai, 74 km from Sangli and 162 km from Pune. It lies at the confluence of Koyna R ...
, in the
Satara District of Maharashtra, India. Tembhu is the site of an
Rs 9-billion
irrigation
Irrigation (also referred to as watering of plants) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns. Irrigation has been a key aspect of agriculture for over 5,000 years and has bee ...
project, set up in order to provide water to the
drought
A drought is a period of drier-than-normal conditions.Douville, H., K. Raghavan, J. Renwick, R.P. Allan, P.A. Arias, M. Barlow, R. Cerezo-Mota, A. Cherchi, T.Y. Gan, J. Gergis, D. Jiang, A. Khan, W. Pokam Mba, D. Rosenfeld, J. Tierney, ...
-stricken Satara district. A recent report by a
government
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a State (polity), state.
In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive (government), execu ...
committee has looked into the project and decided that it is un-viable, citing, among other reasons, "unusually high" project costs.
It is the birthplace of famous "samajsudharak" Mr.
Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
Gopal Ganesh Agarkar (14 July 1856 – 17 June 1895) () was a social reformer, educationist, and thinker from Bombay Presidency, British India.
At one time a close associate of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, he co-founded educational institutes ...
(Freedom Fighter) who played important role in political and social aspects of Maharashtra before independence. That era is also known as "tilak-agarkar" era.
Now Tembhu LIS project is costing Rs. 26 billion. The project is likely to be declared as National Project
On 10 August 2009, while testing the rising main an accident occurred; injuring 7 people and causing one death. On 19 March 2025 A girl from Karad city lost her life after she accidentally fell into the dam.Later her dead body was recovered in Khambale village of Kadegaon Taluka.
References
Tembhu irrigation project unviableState to rethink Krishna Valley irrigation plan
Villages in Satara district
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