[1] With a height of 84 metres (276 ft), it is the third tallest dam in the state and is constructed using roller compacted concrete.
To address this shortfall, the water from the dam is planned to be transported via a 40 kilometres (25 mi) pipeline to the Bhandup treatment plant for delivery to the city.
The project received partial funding from the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission.
Regrettably, only 35 families who lost their homes were provided rehabilitation in a colony near the project site in Kochale village.
A visit to the rehabilitation colony in 2012 and again in January 2014, a year after the affected families moved in, revealed an alarming lack of construction quality.