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Hello,

The river bed of Manjira in Nanded district, bordering Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh is full of fine sand of about 20-40 feet depth and 2-3 km wide. This river is the source of drinking water to the people in the ara.

The wells on the river banks face water shortage during summer.  We want to find ways to store the river water using the old bridge like K.T. weirs/Chetan bandhara.

Can you please suggest a innovative and technically feasible structure using the old bridge.