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  Khadakwasla - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Khadakwasla is a moderate sized dam on the Mutha river, located about 20 kilometres southwest of the city of Pune, and named after the nearby village of Khadakwasla.
In 1961, the Khadakwasla Dam had to be blown, as the Panshet Dam overflowed, causing devastating floods in the city of Pune.
Khadakwasla is a favoured spot for couples, and many people come here on weekends and during the monsoon season.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Khadakwasla   (187 words)

  
 Maharashtra Picnic Spots   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Khadakwasla and Panshet are the two major dams providing water to the entire Pune city.
Khadakwasla dam was constructed in pre-independence period in 1867.
Khadakwasla is a popular picnic spot all year round, but the rainy season is the best to visit when it seems as if gods waved their magic wand to create magnificent scenery.
www.indiantravelportal.com /maharashtra/picnic-spots/khadakwasla.html   (359 words)

  
 Sinhaghad Fort: Pune & More - I - Maharashtra Unlimited - Look In - Express Travel & Tourism
Khadakwasla Dam with rows of food stalls lining the waterfront is a regular spot for outings.
The Khadakwasla dam constructed in the pre-independence period and the backwaters of Peacock Bay with a backdrop of undulating hills is a very picturesque sight.
Sinhaghad is situated 25 kilometres from Pune while Khadakwasla Dam is 12 kilometres from Pune on the road to Sinhaghad.
www.expresstravelandtourism.com /20020831/lookin1.shtml   (505 words)

  
 ULFA blasts in Assam on I-Day eve; Rains fill reservoirs in Pune; bring cheer to farmers; Tagore museum reopens; 'Big ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Khadakwasla (Maharashtra): Million of farmers in Pune region of India's western Maharashtra state have found succour as heavy rains filled up reservoirs of four major dams, lifeline of the region's irrigation system.
The Khadakwasla, Panshet, Varasgaon and Temgir dams contribute to most of the drinking water and agriculture requirements of the region.
Then we are having a canal 200 kilomters long from Khadakwasla, which will help irrigate 1,50,000 acres of land.
www.indiatraveltimes.com /news/news2004/aug04/aug0804_news.html   (1054 words)

  
 Mula Mutha action group   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The major turn around for Pune came after the Khadakwasla and Panshet dam calamity, which flooded the low lying parts of the city and people had to be evacuated at a large scale.
Water samples at various locations were compared with the water quality at the Khadakwasla lake (Formed due to the damming of the river).
Demarcation of all lands under the River and River Boundary within the Pune Municipal limits from Khadakwasla to Manjri for Mutha River and from Mahalunge to Sangamwadi for Mula River needs to be executed by the DILR and copies should be made available to the PMC.
www.emcentre.com /econnection/pw_pune_MMaction_group.htm   (2578 words)

  
 NDA, IAT clean-up Khadakwasla lake shores- The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
PUNE: Tons of garbage, ranging from polythene bags to pet bottles to truck tyres was collected by cadets of National Defence Academy (NDA) and the officers of the Institute of Armament Technology (IAT) from the banks of the Khadakwasla lake.
The NDA cadets, officers and some students cleaned the river one kilometre downstream from the Khadakwasla dam and four kilometres upstream (towards Peacock Bay), while the IAT officers and remaining students took up on the Girinagar side (towards Chowpatty).
Retired naval captain Rajan Vir who is the president of IMF informed TNN that the clean-up drive will also be held simultaneously all over the country — especially the coastal region.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/msid-857283,prtpage-1.cms   (397 words)

  
 New Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The National Defence Academy (NDA), Khadakwasla is one of the first institutions in the world to impart combined training to officer cadets of the three Services.
The concept and genesis of NDA dates back to the period before Independence when a Committee of eminent persons was entrusted with the evolution of a scheme to implement the intra-services training concept.
The foundation stone of the new institution at Khadakwasla was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on 6 October 1949.
indiapicks.com /stamps/Forces/1838_NDA.htm   (327 words)

  
 Panshet
Khadakwasla Panshet and Varasgaon are the three major dams near Pune which provides water to entire Pune city.
The amazing view of Sinhagad and Peacock Bay is again a major attraction of Khadakwasla.
Truly Khadakwasla, Panshet and Varasgaon not only are water storages for Pune but also developing as new picnic spots near Pune.
www.aroundpune.com /panshet.htm   (202 words)

  
 Suresh Kalmadi - Pune || Pune areas get turbid tap water   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
He said the incessant rains in the catchment area of the Khadakwasla dam in the last one week, had resulted in a sharp increase (80 PPM) in the turbidity level of the dam water.
The Panshet dam currently has 633.83 million cubic metres (MCM) of water, which is 90.55 per cent of its storage capacity, while the Khadakwasla dam is 90.91 per cent full, with 582.11 MCM of water.
The Khadakwasla dam acts as a buffer between the Panshet dam and the Mutha river as the water released from the Panshet dam is collected in the Khadakwasla dam first.
www.skalmadi.org /story/2004/8/9/3225/29422   (714 words)

  
 FIR against doctor in Risbud case
In Risbud family mishap on the ghat road to Sinhagad, six-year-old Aditya was rushed by two young Good Samaritans to a lady doctor at Khadakwasla, Maya Rajesh Chandavale, who advised them to rush the child further to the accident hospital run by Dr Gupte two or three km from Khadakwasla on way to Pune.
Parmar in his complaint lodged with the Haveli police station under the Pune Rural Police said that he had himself verified the misrepresentation by the Gupte Hospital along with four journalists and a press photographer on December 18.
He found that the board proclaiming the hospital located at Kolhewadi in front of the Central Water and Power Research Station near Khadakwasla village to be specialising in accident cases was facing the Pune-Khadakwasla road.
www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19981231/36551474.html   (532 words)

  
 Suresh Kalmadi - Pune || 1069 Families Along Mutha River Banks Displaced Following Heavy Discharge Of Rising Water   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Khadakwasla dam, which has a capacity of 56 million cubic metres, had only 60 per cent storage on Monday evening, but this shot up to 86 per cent by Tuesday morning.
Water discharge from these two dams is stored in the Khadakwasla dam, which acts as a buffer between the two dams and the city.
When the MKVDC decided to bring down the Khadakwasla storage level by releasing water into the Mutha, it alerted the district and civic administrations.
www.skalmadi.org /story/2004/8/4/34517/29404   (686 words)

  
 CMC | Case studies | eGovernance | CIMS
The Khadakwasla irrigation scheme comprises three dams — the Panshet dam (on the Ambi river), the Warasgaon dam (on the Mose river) and the Khadakwasla dam (on the Mutha river).
The first two, being upstream dams, are used for power generation and for feeding the downstream Khadakwasla dam, which is used for irrigation, municipal and industrial water supply.
The concept behind the canal controls and communication project, phases I and II, at the Khadakwasla irrigation scheme, was to develop a comprehensive canal management system (including a control system) for selected hydraulic structures on the main canal.
www.cmcltd.com /case_studies/e-Governance/water_resource_management/cims.htm   (698 words)

  
 Education - Educator   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In the year 1954, it was shifted to Khadakwasla (Pune) under the guidance of then Commandant, Maj. En Enayat Habibullah.
The 8,300-acre sprawling estate, situated on the left of the Mutha River (Khadakwasla Lake), where the NDA stands today, was donated by Bombay State.
NDA Khadakwasla, is connected only road and is 24 kms from Pune Railway Station.
www.indbazaar.com /education/educator.asp?cat=intpro&id=94   (659 words)

  
 National Institute of Oceanography, India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Visakhapatnam Port on the east coast is a major port of India with all weather facilities.
Examination of formation of ‘hard patches' along the bottom of side slopes in the approach channel at New Mangalore Port was made by analysing the soil samples from these regions.
A concept of providing a wider toe-berm to the rubblemound breakwaters was successfully used for rehabilitation of damaged breakwaters.
www.nio.org /past_events/inchoe/port_engineering.jsp   (2418 words)

  
 Entertainment-From movies,sports,pubs&discotheques,books,pool,ternds,Go-Karting,to events,parties to night out in the ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Then within a few months, there was another sailing camp organized by our sailing club at Khadakwasla dam where the selections for the Goa Nationals were to take place.
We both got the least number of penalty points (only 10.5 each) amongst all the participants and were selected for the Nationals," they both narrate, briefing us on the fact, that in the sport of sailing, one is judged by the number of penalty points that one earns -- the lesser the better.
We got used to the sea, because sailing in the placid Khadakwasla lake is quite different from the sailing in the turbulent seas of Goa - there are more tides, waves and stronger winds which makes sailing on the sea a challenge.
www.virtualpune.com /html/channel/entertain/sports/html/soulmates.shtml   (1508 words)

  
 Colaba Sailing Club
The trophy was instituted in 1957 with the racing being conducted in the Khadakwasla Lake initially.
However, in the year 1975, it was agreed to be conducted at Khadakwasla and Bombay Harbour alternately each year.
Enterprise Class Boats and Whalers are raced in Khadakwasla while in Bombay, the classes raced are Seabirds & Lightnings.
www.colabasailingclub.com /reports-tqr2005.html   (621 words)

  
 Pune Tour,Pune Tourism Guide,Tours in Pune,Tourism in Pune,Pune Travel Tourism Guide,India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A group of beautiful temples of Lord Shiva, Lord Ganesha, Vishnu and Kartikeya, and of Goddess Parvati makes it an increasingly attractive sight.
It is one and half hour drive from Pune and two and half-hour drive from Mumbai.
Palicha Shree Ballaleshwar is situated 110-kms from Pune.
www.indiantravelportal.com /pune/hop-over-destinations.html   (1245 words)

  
 The evolution of the NDA
Old-timers who attended the celebrations recalled the days when they stood in the freezing cold of January in the hill resort, outside barracks that were originally built to house prisoners of war.
The NDA was shifted to its present location in Khadakwasla, 20 km from Pune, in 1955.
The facilities of a combined Services training camp that existed there already and a generous donation of land by the then Bombay Government came in handy for the academy.
www.hindu.com /thehindu/fline/fl1606/16060650.htm   (1513 words)

  
 Pune National Defence aCADEMY
NDA Khadakwasla is 20 Kms from Pune Railway Station.
In Dec 1954 under the control of the then Commandant, Maj Gen Enayat Habibullah, NDA shifted to Khadakwasla, Pune.
A premier Inter Service training institution that is spread over 8000 Akers, is a training ground for future officers of Armed Forces.
www.punediary.com /nda_pune.html   (826 words)

  
 Rain rage: When it pours, it (also) floods!- The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
PUNE: Over 1,000 huts in 19 slums along the banks of the Mutha river in the city were on Tuesday washed away follow- ing heavy discharge of water from the Khadakwasla dam upstream.
While no loss of life was reported, the floods dis- placed 1,069 families and caused considerable damage to property along the river banks.
The Khadakwasla dam, which has a capacity of 56 million cubic metres, had only 60 per cent storage on Monday
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/msid-802182,prtpage-1.cms   (577 words)

  
 Polo Season Results - Indianpolo.com, polo, polo in india
Sun Oct 27: Nicholson emerge winners of the High Goal Polo Trophy beating Khadakwasla by 9 goals to 2 at the Jaipur Polo Ground.
A High Handicap Exhibition Polo played at the Jaipur Polo Ground between Nicholson and Khadkwasla was an interesting and very exciting, thrilling and hard fought match.
Both teams were 19 goals teams and displayed their superb stick work and good horsemanship.
www.indianpolo.com /results/delhi20022003ahighgoalexhibition.asp   (130 words)

  
 october 05_news
A dinner was served to all who attended this event.
A very systematic plantation of mangoes, singapori coconut plants and custard apple trees were planted by hundreds of army officials and their family members to make a goodwill gesture towards Sri Swamiji.
Revered Dada Ji blessed all the people who went with Swamiji from NDA Khadakwasla.
www.divyajivan.org /News/Newsletters/Oct05_news.htm   (1491 words)

  
 II Web: Press Release Malik Lecture
Concurrently, he was also the Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee of India from 1999 to 2000.
He received pre-commission military training at the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla and the Indian Military Academy, Dehra Dun, and was then commissioned into the Sikh Light Infantry Regiment in 1959.
As Chief of the Army Staff, General Malik had the dual responsibility of being an advisor to the government as well as commander of the over one million strong Army.
www.umich.edu /~iinet/iisite/press/pr_malik.html   (412 words)

  
 [No title]
The Government is not paying attention to the son of a retired soldier, who was likely to be given Commission in a few months time.
Written complaints have been lodged with the Police Station as well as with the Commandant of National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla.
Shri Anantrao Sharma, father of the cadet has met the officers time and again but neither any whereabouts of his son have been found nor his dead body has been recovered.
parliamentofindia.nic.in /ls/lsdeb/ls10/ses4/1620089204.htm   (2932 words)

  
 Murtaza's Weblog
We had a cool party on Saturday, 18th Feb 2006 at a farmhouse some 10 kms ahead of Khadakwasla dam.
After a long wait (almost 1 and half hours), Adeeetiii and Vikash appeared and it was a sight of relief.
KJ's turn to have been lost in Khadakwasla.
blog.sun.com /roller/page/murtazaghiya?entry=a_great_barbeque_party   (495 words)

  
 Rain rage: When it pours, it (also) floods!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Pune: Over 1,000 huts in 19 slums along the banks of the Mutha river in the city were on Tuesday washed away following heavy discharge of water from the Khadakwasla dam upstream.
Ratnadeep Khadke, president of the stall owners’ association, congratulated the PMC for the timely alert.
Water from Khadakwasla dam (top) gushes into the Mutha river on Tuesday, after authorities decided to release about 90,000 cusecs on account of heavy rains in the catchment area over the past week.
www.tropmet.res.in /~kolli/MOL/Monsoon/year2004/cuttings/toi-news-040804.html   (643 words)

  
 Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, University of Pune   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
From the table it is evident that there is an increase in the values of most of the parameters in the month of October as compared to those in September.
The relatively lower values in September are due to discharge of water from Khadakwasla dam and due to rainfall during that month.
The low trend of DO at Garware and Sangam Bridge are observed even during the present analysis.
www.unipune.ernet.in /dept/shs/reports4.html   (891 words)

  
 IndiaBirds.com - HotSpots
Posted on: 26 Mar, 2003 10:20:02 AM Khadakwasla dam is on the way to Sinhgad fort from pune.
The backwaters of the dam merge into green feilds and grasslands offering shelter to many birds...and the face-side of the dam is a rocky river.
Posted on: 26 Mar, 2003 9:47:42 AM Bhigwan is located 120 kms from Pune on Solapur road.
www.indiabirds.com /HotSpots/ListSpots.asp?sentstring=35   (621 words)

  
 Three-Dimensional Finite Element Analysis of Underground Caverns   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Dhawan, (Senior Research Officer, Central Water and Power Research Station, Khadakwasla, Pune-411 024, India.), D.
Detailed performance monitoring studies have been carried out for determining the deformations and stress distribution around underground powerhouse caverns in nonhomogeneous rock mass, using three-dimensional finite element method.
It is observed that the computed deformations compare reasonably well with the MPBX measurements.
www.pubs.asce.org /WWWdisplay.cgi?0411802   (135 words)

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