North Maharashtra districts of Jalgaon, Dhule and Nandurbar are collectively called Khandesh. This region is headquartered in Jalgaon and has a population of about 100 lac people. Neighbouring important districts of south West Madhya Pradesh viz. Burhanpur, Khandwa, Khargaon and Barwani together along with Khandesh comprise the catchment for the project. This region has a population of about 125-150 lacs people and together with population of Khandesh region, the catchement of the project shall be about 225-250 lac people. Jalgaon is a rail junction on West-East line as well as North-South line. Well connected through Rail & Road to all major cities, e.g. Mumbai, Nasik, Aurangabad, Nagpur, Pune, Surat and Indore. The city airport is to be commissioned shortly