Tembhu Explained

Tembhu
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Maharashtra, India
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Maharashtra
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Satara
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Marathi
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30

Tembhu is a small village situated on the eastern bank of the River Krishna, near Karad, in the Satara District of Maharashtra, India. Tembhu is the site of an Rs 9-billion irrigation project, set up in order to provide water to the drought-stricken Satara district. A recent report by a government committee has looked into the project and decided that it is unviable, citing, among other reasons, "unusually high" project costs.

It is the birthplace of famous "samajsudharak" Mr. Gopal Ganesh Agarkar (Freedom Fighter) who played important role in political and social aspects of maharashtra before independence. That era is also known as "tilak-agarkar" era.

Now Tembhu LIS project is costing Rs. 26 billion. The project is likely to be declared as National Project

On 10 August 2009, while testing the rising main an accident occurred; injuring 7 people and causing one death.

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