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Koyna Dam is one of the largest dam in Maharashtra nestled in the Western Ghats on the state highway between Chiplun and Karad Maharashtra. The Koyna project is actually composed of four dams with the Koyna dam having the largest catchment area. The dam supplies water to western Maharashtra as well as cheap haydroelectic power to the neighbouring areas with a capacity of 1920MW. The catchment area dams the Koyana river and forms a huge lake – the Shivaji Sagar whose length is 50 kilometres. The Koyna electricity project is run by the Maharashtra State Electricity Board. Most of the generators are located in excavated Caves a kilometre deep inside the heart of the surrounding hills
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