Q. Ujani Dam, recently seen in the news, is located in which state?
Answer:
Maharashtra
Notes: Six people, including two children, drowned after their boat capsized in the Ujani Dam backwaters in Pune, Maharashtra. Ujani Dam, located on the Bhima River near Ujjani village in Solapur, is an earth-fill cum masonry gravity dam. Constructed from 1977 to 1980, it serves irrigation and hydroelectric power needs. The dam is 63 meters high, 2,534 meters long, and has a 12MW power generation capacity, but suffers from severe water pollution.