Janai Shirsai prakalp - Janai Shirsai lift irrigation project

In Pune district, there are 2 lift irrigation projects.

• Purandar Lift Irrigation
• Janai Shirsai Lift Irrigation

Janai Shirsai Lift Irrigation

Janai is a godess in Supe while Shirsai is a godess in Shirsufal. That's why this project is called as Janai Shirsai Lift Irrigation.This project was approved in 1993 and commissioned in 2000. There are 2 parts in Janai Shirsa Lift Irrigation.

• Janai project
• Shirsai project

Janai project

• Water is pumped from New Mutha right Canal and stored in Varwand lake
• Under Janai project, there are 6 canals.
• Kusegaon canal provides the water to patas, warwand, kusegaon
• Padwi canal provides the water to padwi
• Janai left and right canals provide water to supe, Ambi, pansarewadi, kutawalwadi, bhandwewadi, Khandukhairewadi, kalkhairewadi, dandwadi, naroli, Kololi, Chandgude wadi, Dewulgaon rasal.
• Hinganiwada canal provides water to roti, Hingni gada, Holewadi
• Purandar canal provides water to borkarwadi, wadhane, ambi, rise, pise, rajuri, pandeshwar, naigaon, khopdewadi, ragubhagatwadi, Khosewadi

Shirsai project

• Water is pumped from New Mutha right Canal and stored in Shirsufal lake
• left and right canal provide water to Sablewadi, gadikhel, Shirsufal, Undwadi Supe, Jaradwadi, Gajubawi, Karkhel, Sonwadi Supe, Jalgaon Supe, Anjangaon

Other notable lift irrigation projects in Maharashtra are

• Tembu Lift Irrigation Project - Project location is tembhu (tembu) village in Karad. Water will be lifted from Krishna river and supplied to Karad, Kadegaon, Tasgaon, Khanapur, Atpadi, Kavathe-Mahankal and Sangola talukas in Satara, Sangli and Solapur districts.
• Purandar Lift Irrigation Project
• Takari Mhaisal project Lift Irrigation Project
• Tukai lift irrigation project in Ahmednagar