Vaitarna Dam

Location

The dam situated on the River Vaitarna was constructed in the early 50’s and it started an era of building concrete dams in India. The water from the dam is the chief source of water and electricity to the city of Mumbai. The surroundings are scenic with the distant peaks of the Western Ghats. There is a lovely lagoon nearby extended by the dam’s backwater and flanked on both sides by green woods.

Situated in a pictorial environment, Vaitarna Dam in the Vaitarna River offers the stunning scenery of the undulating stony peaks of the Western Ghats. Constructed in the early 50’s, this dam site commenced an era of concrete dams in India .A lovely lagoon with a vast extend of black waters, flanked by deep woods, makes this dam site a delight for the tourists.

Besides its panoramic beauty, the importance in the dam is that, it is the chief source of water and electricity to the Mumbaikers. Considering the increasing demand, a new dam is planned to be constructed on the Vaitarna River, which will be commissioned in 2011. This will be the second highest dam in the state and probably put an end to the on growing water scarcity in Mumbai.