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Gosikhurd project gets fourth financial boost; project cost jumps to Rs 25,972 crore

April 23, 2025 12:58 am

Gosikhurd Irrigation Project was approved in March 1983 to create irrigation potential in 2,50,800 hectares annually in Bhandara, Nagpur and Chandrapur districts

Maharashtra’s long-delayed Gosikhurd irrigation project gets yet another completion date: June 2026

October 23, 2024 5:49 pm

From land acquisition to pending railway crossing work, a range of issues are plaguing the Gosikhurd National Irrigation Project in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region.

With insufficient Budget allocation, Gosikhurd irrigation project unlikely to meet its 2024 deadline

March 11, 2023 2:32 pm

The project coming up in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region has been in limbo for the past 39 years. The state allocated Rs 1,500 crore in this year’s Budget, but the total fund required is Rs 4,500 crore.

Gosikhurd National Irrigation project will not meet 2023 deadline: Sources

March 20, 2022 8:49 am

The project needs Rs 4,249 crore to be completed. The total project cost is now at Rs 18,500 crore but officials warned it may rise to Rs 20,000 crore.

Maharashtra allots Rs 1,000 crore for Gosikhurd project

March 12, 2021 11:16 pm

The state’s second-largest dam project, which was given the national status in 2009, is still facing financial ordeal even after 37 years.

2023 set as revised deadline for Gosikhurd irrigation project

January 27, 2021 10:34 pm

The Centre has also agreed to allocate Rs 5,000 crore to complete the project which has the potential to irrigate 2.5 lakh hectares of land

Fund shortage: Gosikhurd dam delayed further, revised deadline 2024

September 13, 2020 12:38 pm

The irrigation department’s request for higher allocation of funds for the project has not been accepted. In the two-day monsoon session, supplementary demands failed to accommodate the financial demand for the project.

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Gosikhurd irrigation potential to reach 2.47 lakh hectares: ‘Project will be fully operational by 2019-20’

November 10, 2018 3:15 am

"If we reflect on the progress made in the last four years, it is very satisfactory. The irrigation potential in Gosikhurd has increased from 8,449 lakh hectares in 2013-14 to 47,557 lakh hectares in 2017-18,” the CM said.

Rs 405 crore for Gosikhurd irrigation project is peanuts

April 16, 2014 4:15 pm

Even as Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan is being lauded for his efforts resulting in the Centre releasing Rs 405 crore for the Gosikhurd Irrigation Project,it seems this amount would not help the stalled three-decade-old project even stumble back on its feet.