India, May 21 -- The Maharashtra cabinet on Tuesday approved four dam projects worth Rs.18,842 crore, including two in Raigad district that will provide drinking water to areas in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, such as Navi Mumbai, Panvel, Ulhasnagar, Ambernath and Badlapur.

A 12.344 TMC (thousand million cubic feet) capacity dam will be built on the Poshir River in Karjat at a cost of Rs.6,394.13 crore. The live stock water storage in this project would be 9.721 TMC, out of which 7.933 TMC is proposed for drinking and 1.859 TMC for industrial use. Water from this project will be supplied to MMR regions such as Navi Mumbai, Ulhasnagar, Ambernath and Badlapur for drinking purposes.

A 6.61 TMC dam is also proposed to be constructed on th...