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Gosikhurd dams worth

  • 250,800 hectares of agricultural land to be irrigated by Gosikhurd dam reservoir
  • Nagpur, Bhandara and Chandrapur districts to benefit
  • Rs 7,777.85 crore is the cost of the project
  • 91 villages in the three districts to get submerged including 14 now
  • More than 100,000 people living in the 91 villages to be displaced