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4. Automobile centres in Chakan, Talegaon, and IT parks at
Talawade, Hinjewadi draw big populations across India. Chakan has
numerous industrial facilities that draw a sizable population.
5. River water is widely used for irrigation since the terrain is fertile.
Eutrophication of rivers downstream of Pune cities is a result of the
extensive usage of chemical fertilisers.
THE MULA RIVER:
The Mulshi Dam, which creates the Mulshi Lake, dams the Mula
river close to the Western Ghats. It unites with the Mutha River
on the right bank and the Pawana River on the left bank farther
downstream in Pune city to form the Mula-Mutha river, which later
meets the Bhima River. Along the Old Pune-Mumbai Highway, the
river divides the boundaries of the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal
Corporation and the Pune Municipal Corporation. Due to heavy
pollution and trash deposited into the river, there were flash floods in
the river’s surroundings in 2010. Due to the high levels of pollution,
particularly the Pune Municipal Corporation’s discharge of 125
MLD of untreated sewage into the river.
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