[2] In 2014, the Indian Railways announced plans to develop Bhushi Dam as a tourist resort with participation from the private sector.

[3] The dam was built in the late 1860s for the Great Indian Peninsular Railway as a source of water for their steam engines.

[1] Water was carried from the reservoir to Lonavala, Khandala and the reversing station of the railways by cast-iron pipes.

The Railway company later agreed to supply some water to the town of Lonavala as well, because the dam had been built using Municipal funding.

[4] In 2012, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) proposed to construct a 9 kilometres (5.6 miles) long tunnel along the Mumbai Pune Expressway which would pass right below the Bhushi dam.