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District Landmarks |
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Radhanagari Hydro-electric Scheme |
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This was the first major irrigation work in the district.
The scheme was originally started by the former Kolhapur
State in 1908 during the period of Chhatrapati Shahu
Maharaj mainly as an irrigation scheme. The famous
engineer Vishweshvaraiya had been involved in planning the
dam, built on river Bhogavati. It was constructed up to 40
feet in 1917 and it was only after 1946 when construction
got momentum and it was completed in 1957. The maximum
height of dam is 140 feet and is 126 feet over river-bed
with top width of 18.4 feet. The storage capacity is
239.53 MCFT and command area is 26560 acres.
It has
a power house at its foot with 24 MW capacity. The
project has brought a large area in Radhanagari,
Karvir, Hatkanagale and Shirol talukas of the district
under irrigation. This project has given start to a
number of irrigation projects and today, district has
one of the largest area under irrigation in the
state. The Kolhapur type Weir ( K.T. Weir ) is famous all
over the country. The district also boasts of a number of
co-operative lift irrigation societies. |
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Dairy Co-operative Movement |
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Kolhapur district is a leading district in dairy farming
and it boasts of milk-production with huge exports of milk
and milk-products. The setting up of dairies Gokul,
Warana and Mayur is a landmark in economic
development of the district especially Gokul Milk
Co-operative which is one of the biggest dairies in India.
Warana
is a classic example and excellent Manifestation of
RURAL CREATIVITY In a real sense of the term. Late
Sheri Tayasaheb Kore, A legendary name in the
co-operative Movement in India, and a visionary
Of unmatched qualities, founded the Sugar factory in
WARANANAGAR In 1959 and the stone started rolling. He
set the pace and never looked back. |
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Kolhapur can be regarded as one of the main and pioneering centers
of the film industry in Maharshtra State beginning from
1930's. The pictures produced are social, historical and
mythological and mainly in local language which are in
marathi. There are two well known film studios namely
Jayprabha Studio and Shantikiran Studio. |
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The first
silver ornaments workshop was started at Hupari in 1904
and very soon it made the district well-known place for
silver ornaments in India. |
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The
setting up of Kolhapur Agriculture Produce Market
Committee in 1945 and Gadhinglaj Agriculture Produce
Market Committee in 1948 was a major landmark in the
marketing history of Kolhapur District. Shahupuri Peth and
Pirajirao Peth are two main marketing centers of Western
Maharshtra. |
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The
opening of Miraj-Kolhapur Railway Line on 21st April 1891
paved way for Kolhapur's entry on Railway map of India.
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The
setting up of C.P.R. Hospital by Ex-Kolhapur state in the
year 1884 provided district with the up to date medical
facilities and with the opening up of Cardiac Centre in
2001, it has become one of the few Government Hospitals in
the state with such facilities |
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Warana Wired
Village Project (WWVP)
This is the first IT project of its kind to be set up
in rural India. It aims to demonstrate the use of
information technology in accelerated socio-economic
development of rural India. |
