{"id":108577,"date":"2026-06-17T14:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T08:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=108577"},"modified":"2026-06-17T14:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T08:30:21","slug":"tasgaon-lift-irrigation-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/tasgaon-lift-irrigation-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Tasgaon Lift Irrigation Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Tasgaon Lift Irrigation Scheme Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation recently issued the Letter of Award (LoA) to a joint venture involving Mumbai-based infrastructure company Patel Engineering Ltd (PEL) for an irrigation project under the Tasgaon Lift Irrigation Scheme in Maharashtra. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Tasgaon Lift Irrigation Scheme<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an important <\/span><b>irrigation infrastructure initiative<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Maharashtra.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It encompasses the construction of a <\/span><b>comprehensive water distribution system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for a <\/span><b>command area of 2,277 hectares across six villages<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Satara Taluka in <\/span><b>Satara district<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The villages included in the project scope are Tasgaon, Varne, Karandwadi, Devkarwadi, Degaon, and Nigadi.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project is expected to<\/span><b> improve water availability and irrigation access<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> across the region, supporting long-term agricultural and rural development.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Lift irrigation schemes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, unlike gravity-fed canal systems, rely on <\/span><b>electrically powered pumping infrastructure to raise water<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from a source body and <\/span><b>push it through a pressurized distribution network to farmland at higher elevations.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scheme includes multiple work fronts: head works, pump houses, switch yards, rising mains, delivery chambers, and a closed-pipe distribution network.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scheme falls under the <\/span><b>Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation, Pune.\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindubusinessline.com\/economy\/agri-business\/patel-engineering-gets-loa-for-tasgaon-lift-irrigation-scheme-in-maharashtra\/article71108489.ece#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>HBL<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tasgaon Lift Irrigation Scheme is an important irrigation infrastructure initiative in Maharashtra. 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