The Movement of Dam Affected People in Radhanagari Tehsil

Radhanagari taluka is known as one of the important taluka in Kolhapur district. This taluka in Kolhapur state was known as Radhanagari mahal in pre- independence Era. Kolhapur state was merged in to sovereign state of India in 1949 and then Radhanagari emerged as taluka place. The dams play an important role in the development of the country so the construction of the dams is inevitable. The rehabilitation of affected people has also become the most important issue across the world. The Govt. of Maharashtra state got sanctioned projects of dam construction on Godavari & Krishna basins considering the water Disbursement. , Radhanagari taluka is known as one of the important talukas in Kolhapur District. This taluka is very rich in natural wealth especially enormous water wealth with four major rivers. Doodhganga, Bhogawati, Tulsi & Dhamni. Four major dams were constructed accros these four rivers. Due to this irrigated area was increased in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra state & Chikkodi Taluka in Belgaon district of Karnataka state.