Even as the state government has issued a notification to develop another hill station in the district to promote “tourism” in Mulshi taluka, the irrigation department is not keen on clearing the proposal, with water scarcity posing a major hurdle.
The notification issued on May 19 for Maharashtra Valley View Pvt Ltd seeks ‘no objection certificate” from the irrigation department as part of the conditions for developing the hill station project and the department is firm on not giving the NOC to proposed hill stations in the district. Superintendenting engineer (Pune irrigation circle) Avinash Surve said the proposed hill station falls in the catchment area of Mulshi dam. Besides, the ownership of the dam being with the Tata Power Company, the NOC needs to be taken from it. “We will not be giving the NOC to either the proposed Maharashtra Valley View Hill Station or to the
Click here to see the original article>The notification issued on May 19 for Maharashtra Valley View Pvt Ltd seeks ‘no objection certificate” from the irrigation department as part of the conditions for developing the hill station project and the department is firm on not giving the NOC to proposed hill stations in the district. Superintendenting engineer (Pune irrigation circle) Avinash Surve said the proposed hill station falls in the catchment area of Mulshi dam. Besides, the ownership of the dam being with the Tata Power Company, the NOC needs to be taken from it. “We will not be giving the NOC to either the proposed Maharashtra Valley View Hill Station or to the