Irrigation Projects rivers Dams in Amravati District

The main in Amravati district are Tapi Purna Chandrabhaga Pedhi Wardha Shahanoor The Dams in Amravati District are: Upper Wardha Project Lower Wardha Project Chandrabhaga Project Bembala Project Sapan Project Purna Project Location of the Project(s) Upper Wardha Purna Chandrabhaga Catchment Area sq.km. 4302 390.79 104.64 Target Command Area sq.km. 830 62.75 70.13 Amravati Irrigation Division, Amravati Completed M.I. Tanks - 42. Zilla Parishad Minor Irrigation Division, Amravati i) Completed Irrigation Tanks - 58 ii) Completed Percon. Tanks - 50 iii) Irrigation Projects in Progress : a) Irrigation Tanks - 3 b) Percon. Tanks - 4 iv) a) Completed Village Tanks - 8 (From Regular Provision) b) Completed Village Tanks - 57 (Under E.G.S.) c) Completed Village Tanks - 29 ( Under Jawahar Wells Scheme) v) a) Village Tanks in Progress - 10 (Under E.G.S.) b) Village Tanks in Progress- 22 (Under Jawahar Wells Scheme) Superintending Engineer Minor Irrigation (Local Sector) Circle, Amravati. Category Completed In progress Total M.I. Tanks 54 16 70 Percolation Tanks 65 10 75 Village Tanks 13 29 42 K.T.Weirs 41 51 92 Total 173 106 279

AGRICULTURE AND CROPS of amravati city

The main agriculture crops in the district along with the market area are given in the table below.

Types	Names	Area (Ha)	Market (District, State, Export)
Major Crops (Irrigated)	Wheat Gram	12980 9480	District District/State
Major Crops (Non-Irrigated)	Cotton Jawar Toor Moong Groundnut Sesamun Soyabean Gram Sunflower	368230 129640 83680 35350 10470 4750 92180 26765 19120	State/Export District/State District/State District/State District/State District/State District/State District/State District/State
Major Cash Crops	Cotton Orange Groundnut Soyabean Chilli Banana	368230 57650 10430 92180 3113 224	State/Export State/Export District/State District/State District/State District/State
Major Plantations	Orange Banana	57650 424	State/Export District/State

about Chikhaldara & melghat in amravati

The places of tourist attraction in Amravati are
*Chikhaldara:
It is featured in Mahabharata and thereby hangs a tale. this is a place where Bheema killed villainous Keechaka in a Herculean bout and threw him into a valley. It came to be known as "Keechakadhara" - Chikhaldara is a corruption.
But there is more to Chikhaldara. It has added distinction of being the only coffee growing area in Maharashtra. It abounds in wildlife - panthers, sloth Bears, Sambars, wild Boar, even the rarely seen wild Dogs.
Close by is the famous Melghat Tiger Project which has more than 100 tigers. the scenic beauty of Chikhaldara can be enjoyed from Hurricane point, Prospect point and Devi point. Other interesting excursions include Gavilgad and Narnala Fort, the Pundit Nehru Botanical Garden, the tribal museum and the Semadoh lake.
Situated at an altitude of 1118 meters,Chikhaldara receives an annual rainfall of 154 cm. The temperature varies from 39⁰C in summer and 5⁰C in winter. October to June is the best time to visit Chikhaldara.

Getting there: The nearest railhead is Amravati on Central Railway Branch line, 100 km from Chikhaldara, and 763 km from Mumbai is connected to most major cities by road. Regular S.T. bus services connect Chikhaldara to Amravati, Nagpur, Wardha, Akola and other cities. Accommodation: Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation(M.T.D.C.) has resorts at Ckhikhaldara. For reservations contact. M.T.D.C., C/o P.W.D. Rest House, Maltekadi Road, Amravati-444 601 Maharashtra. Tel-fax: (0721) 674 008 Also Nature Education and Interpretation Centre, Semadoh provides facilities of accommodation and Nature Education. Main features are 1. Huts, tents 2. Museum cum Interpretation Centre 3. Nature trails 4. Wildlife viewing 5. Nature camp sites 6. Open air theatre for wildlife films 7. Nature trek facilities Reservation Authorities: 1. Field Director, Project Tiger Melghat, Amravati- 444 602 Phone(0721) 662792, 662680 2. Dy.Conservator of Forests, Project Tiger Melghat, Division-1, Paratwada Dist.- Amravati Phone:-(07223) 20214

CLIMATE AND RAINFALL in Amravati city

Amravati faces extreme variations in temperature with very hot summers and very cold winters. Amravati district receives rainfall from south westerly monsoons mainly in the months of June, July, August and September. July and August are the months during which the maximum rainfall as well as maximum continuous rainfall.

list of Medical Colleges in Amravati city

Medical Colleges in Amravati

Code Name and Address Contact 1225 Dr. Panjabrao Alias Bhausaheb Deshmukh Smruti Medical College Shivaji Nagar, Amaravati - 444 603 (0721) 662317, (0721) 660263 pdmc@dmer.org

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General Information About Amravati District and city a review

Amravati District with the rest of the Berar was assigned to the East India Company by the Nizam following the treaty of 1853. After this province was assigned to the Company, it was divided into two districts, South Berar with its headquarters at Hingoli with neighbouring region restored to the Nizam and North Berar was reconstituted into East Berar with headquarters at Akola.
In 1864,the district of Yeotmal was separated from Amravati.In 1903, the Treaties of Assignment were superseded by an agreement under which the Nizam leased Berar to the Government of India in perpetuity. Berar was joined to the central provinces in 1903 to form the enlarged province of central provinces and Berar.
With the recognition of States in1956,Amravati district ,along with other districts of Vidarbha region was included in the then Bilingual Bombay State. Since the bifurcation of Bombay state into Maharashtra and Gujrat in 1960, Amravati,along with other districts of Vidharbha formed one of the districts of Maharashtra.

Government College of Engineering, Amravati

The Government College of Engineering, Amravati is one of the oldest Engineering colleges in Maharashtra. It was started in 1964 by Maharashtra Government. It is an autonomous institute under the purview of AICTE. It has as lush green campus of 115 acres.

The institution started in 1964 with three basic UG programs in Electrical, Civil, and Mechanical Engineering. The UG programs in Electronics & Telecommunication (1986), Computer Science and Engineering (1986), Instrumentation ( 1996) and Information Technology (2001) were introduced thereafter. Five part-time and five full time PG programs in Civil, Electrical, Mechanical and Electronics were started subsequently. The total student strength in current academic year is 1726. All eligible programs have been accredited by NBA.

The institute is Wi-Fi enabled.

climate ,weather report of amravati city,maharashtra

Amravati has a tropical wet and dry climate with hot, dry summers from March to June, the monsoon season from July to October and warm winters from November to March. The highest and lowest temperatures ever recorded was 49.7^oC on 25 May, 1954 and 5.0^oC on 9 February, 1887 respectively.

Climate Table

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean daily maximum temperature (°C)	29	32	36	40	49	37	31	30	31	33	30	28
Mean daily temperature (°C)	22	24	28	33	42	26	26	27	26	26	23	21
Mean daily minimum temperature (°C)	15	17	21	25	27	25	23	23	23	20	17	15
Mean total rainfall (mm)	13	16	9	8	13	155	248	173	165	44	21	9
Source: Government of Maharashtra