Bhushi Dam

Built of masonry, Bhushi Dam holds back the Indrayani River at Lonavala. The Great Indian Peninsular Railway built it in the late 1860s to supply its steam engines, piping water in cast iron to Lonavala, Khandala and the railway's reversing station; because municipal money had helped pay for it, the railway also agreed to give some water to Lonavala town. Its successor, the Central Railway, owned the dam as of 2014, when plans were announced to develop it as a tourist resort with private partners.

The dam has seen many drownings, and one 2012 report counted 25 deaths over five years. In response, the police and the railways opened a control room near the dam and banned drinking alcohol around it. Visiting hours are usually 9 am to 3 pm; vehicles may not enter after 3 pm, nobody may go into the dam area after 5 pm, and local buses are the only buses let in.