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Panshet Dam :

Panshet Dam, also called Tanajisagar Dam, is a dam on the mula-mutha river about 50 km southwest of the city of Pune in western India.

The dam was constructed in late 1950s for irrigation and, along with three other dams nearby, Varasgaon, Temghar and Khadakwasla, it supplies drinking water to Pune. Panshet Dam burst in its first year of storing water on 12 July 1961, when the dam wall burst, because of the total absence of the ubiquitous reinforced cement concrete (RCC),causing massive flooding in Pune. An estimated 1000 people died from the resulting flood.

It is about 30+ km from Pune and about 180  km from Mumbai.
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