Temghar Dam

Temghar Dam, is an earthfill and gravity dam on Mutha river near Mulashi, Pune district in the state of Maharashtra in India.SpecificationsThe height of the dam above its lowest foundation is 42.5m while the length is 1075m. The volume content is 1188000m3 and gross storage capacity is 107900000.00m3.Purpose IrrigationLeakageThere are leakages in Temghar Dam wall which are believed to be dangerous to the dam. The leakage has increased than before according to media report.However the Maharashtra government authorities state that the dam is safe and they will soon solve the leakage problem.Girish Mahajan,Maharashtra state water resource minister stated said that inquiry about this issue will also carried out as this dam was opened in 2001 and leakages started in just 15 years. However care needs to be taken to prevent Panshet dam tragedy in 1961.