Irrigation potential of the Turagondi minor earth dam located at Hingna in Nagpur district of Maharashtra.

Number of villages that will benefit from the project.

land required for the project, the land identified was forest land and therefore needs clearance from Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEFCC).

Original estimates project cost (1999).

Project sanctioned.

Rs. 2.93 crore released, however, work could not be started due to cost inflation in the intervening 6+ years.

Clearance obtained from Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEFCC) for 15 hectares of forest land.

Work stayed by Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court upholding filed by some land owners, including a lawyer Rahul Puranik. The stay was lifted on May 21, 2008 after which work resumed.

Puranik and other land owners staged protests and stalled the work, demanding adequate compensation. The contractor stopped the work and removed all machinery from the spot on November 11, 2008.

Work resumes after compensation issues are settled. However, a new problem regarding shifting of low and high voltage lines passing from the area cropped up.

Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation (VIDC), the body responsible for the construction of the dam, had to secure an approval for a fresh cost estimate of Rs. 16.78 crore.

Jan Manch's Sinchan Shodh Yatra surveys the site and finds the project to be around 30% complete.

Jan Manch's Sinchan Shodh Yatra second survey finds 65% of the project completed.

Amount spent on the project so far.

of land irrigated since the project was sanctioned in 1999, nearly 18 years ago.

Second revised estimated project cost, which is yet to receive approval from the government.