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PLACES OF INTEREST
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MHAPRAL
Mhapral (Mandangad T.; 18° 00' N, 73° 15' E; p. 2820), on
the Savitri river, eighteen miles from Bankot and ten miles from Mahad in Kolaba, was formerly an important Musalman town. It has a well attended weekly market for the sale of salt-fish and vegetables. Vessels of sixteen feet draught can at all states of the tide run up the Savitri to Mhapral. Between Mhapral and Mahad the navigation is difficult as the river narrows and shoals with
many rocky ledges and reefs [Collector's 4430, dated 12th December 1877.]. There is an all-weather motorable road from Mhapral to near Poladpur, the meeting place of two fine roads through the Varandh and Fitzerald Ghats.
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