Mancher: "Attempts are on again to divert water from Karjat-Jamkhed area by tunnelling the Dimbhe dam from the bottom. If that happens, the dam will be empty in three months.
The right and left canals as well as the 62 dams on the Ghod, Meena and Kukdi rivers cannot be filled with water. Again, the area will be in the midst of a drought crisis.
All the farmers, including me, are opposed to the tunnel. I will fight to prevent the tunnel from happening and put all my energies into it," said Dilip Walse Patil, NCP candidate from Ambegaon-Shirur assembly constituency.
Walse Patil was speaking at a press conference held at Manchar (Ambegaon) on Wednesday. Bjp's Jaisingh Erande, Shiv Sena's Santosh Doke, NCP taluka president Vishnu Hinge, Arun Gire and Aruna Thorat were present on the occasion. On this occasion, Walse Patil also released the manifesto of Ambegaon-Shirur.
"We will demolish the Dimbhe dam to bring water to Karjat-Jamkhed," said a video of MLA Rohit Pawar. Walse Patil said, "Before the Dimbhe dam was built, the land used to remain barren after Diwali. But dams, dams and canals have turned into horticulture.
There is a conspiracy to demolish the tunnel and take away the water from the dam. I opposed this kind of thing. The tunnel was then cancelled. We will not allow the tunnel to happen under any circumstances."
Highlights of the manifesto
-Separate manifesto for development works to be carried out in eight zilla parishad groups
-Construction of Asmita Bhavan building in every village to train women in industries
- Increase the number of rural hospitals and primary health centres
- Government or private medical colleges to be set up
Work underway on 100-bed state-of-the-art government hospital at Tambademala
-Separate hospital for women in Manchar
-Water from Dimbhe dam to Kamaljamata, Borghar and Phulwade villages in tribal areas through lift for agriculture
- Water from Kalmodi dam to Satgaon Plateau agriculture, Mhalsakant Scheme, Agricultural Water Scheme to 12 villages in Kendur-Pabal area, Nighotwadi, Pandavdara, Pazartalav
-Manchar Sports Complex expansion
-Competitive examination center study to provide employment to the youth.
Office of Annasaheb Patil Economic Development Corporation, Sarathi, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Mandal in the constituency.
-Electricity supply at night for agriculture
Rs 85 crore was given to Manchar Municipal Council to make Manchar city clean and beautiful. Waste-waste management projects will be implemented.