 The reservoir operation also lessens threat due floods to cities such as Pandharpur (an important religious pilgrimage centre for the Hindus).As a result of irrigation facilities, some of the important crops grown under irrigated conditions are sugarcane, wheat, millet and cotton.The Bhima River on which the Ujjani Dam has been built rises from Bhimashankar hills in the Western Ghats, also known as the Sahyadri hill range.