Mutha Canals
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Mutha Canals
Two canals on the right and left bank of the Mutha river, in Poona District, Bombay, with a total length of 88 miles, commanding 26 square miles in the Haveli tahika and the Dhond petha of Poona District. The canals, which were constructed between 1873 and 1878— the Right Bank Canal in 1873-4 and the Left Bank in 1877-8 — are fed by Lake Fife. The capital outlay on the canals was originally 26i lakhs ; but the canals and the reservoir of Lake Fife have involved a total expenditure, up to 1904, of 71 lakhs. The maximum hitherto irrigated has been 22 square miles. One of the main objects of the Mutha Canals is the supply of drinking- water to Poona and Kirkee. Water rates are charged according to the nature of the crops. The gross assessment on crops, and the revenue expenditure on the canals, have been, in thousands of rupees : —
|frame|500px The percentage of net profits on these works varies from 2\ to a little over 3 per cent.
