Nestled between two hills in the Western Ghats, Curdi was once a flourishing agricultural village in Sanguem Taluka bustling with a population of approximately 3,000.
In 1965, Goa’s first Chief Minister Dayanand Bandodkar envisioned the Salaulim Irrigation Project, an ambitious project to provide water for drinking, irrigation, and industrial purposes to Southern Goa.
As per official records, the dam construction started in 1976 and was completed in 2000. As the village started submerging, the affected families started migrating to the land that they were allotted at Vaade and Valkini.
Curdi now remains submerged underwater most of the year, only to reappear during the months of scorching summer heat when the dam water level decreases, showing traces of infrastructure from this once living village.
To read more about Curdi – the village that appears once a year, click this link:
http://mycyclingdiary.barretomiranda.com/curdi/
To discover the secrets that hide among the ruins of Curdi, click this link:
http://letstravel.barretomiranda.com/curdi/
