Top three dams in Nashik worth a visit

Living in a city like Nashik or just visiting there for recreational purpose and missing-out on places that are worth a visit is a strict no-no!  The city known as the golden triangle of Maharashtra is well known for low pollution and pleasant climate. The city indeed has about 22 Dams big and small that efficiently supports the agricultural sector in the region. Moreover, owing to the presence of fertile land Nashik has been producing some of the finest quality of grapes and sugarcane that has boosted sugar and wine making industry in the region. The city meets its water need needs via two main rivers namely Girna and Godavari.

Gangapur Dam - Nashik

The city of Nashik has emerged as third most industrialized city of Maharashtra, whereas it stands 4th in India. Nashik is also considered to be the 16th fastest developing city in the world based on the Geographical Perspective. With nearly five decades of presence in the region and with over 30 landmark projects being successfully delivered in the city, the Samraat Group indeed stands strong in the real estate sector. High quality work and immense level of transparency has been the spine of the group during its successful journey in the country.  The quality indeed speaks for itself and recent ratings of five and six stars for Samraat Tropicano and Samraat Nucleus respectively has been handed out by CRISIL themselves.  During weekends and holidays, you can indeed visit top three dams in Nashik namely –

• Gangapur Dam  - constructed way back in the year 1954, the dam has been built on the holy river Godavari located in the outskirts of the city. This was indeed the first dam to be built in the district. Drive about 10 kilometers from Nashik to reach out to this place.
• Girna Dam –This dam is considered to be the largest one located near Nandgaon in Nashik the height of the dam above lowest foundation is 54.56 m (179.0 ft) while the length is 963.17 m (3,160.0 ft). The volume content is 2,042 km3 (490 cu mi) and gross storage capacity is 608,980.00 km3 (146,102.07 cu mi). 
• Darna Dam – Built way back in 1916 during the British Era, the dam has a catchment area measuring about 404 Sq.qm. lowest foundation is 28 m (92 ft) while the length is 1,634 m (5,361 ft). The volume content is 1,886.1 km3 (452.5 cu mi) and gross storage capacity is 226,870.00 km3 

All the dams are well connected and can be accessed without much effort.