Subarnarekha River Latest News
Recently, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has issued instructions to the state government agencies to take action to arrest illegal sand mining and smuggling from Subarnarekha river in Odisha.
About Subarnarekha River
- Origin: It originates near Nagri village in the Ranchi District of Jharkhand at an elevation of 600 m.
- It flows for a length of 395 km before outfalling into the Bay of Bengal.
- The Subarnarekha (meaning “Streak of Gold”) flows east through a copper-mining region and leaves the Chota Nagpur plateau by the Hundrugbagh waterfall.
- Tributaries: Its principal tributaries joining from right are the Kanchi, the Karkari and the Kharkai.
- The basin is bounded by
- Chhotanagpur plateau on the north and the west, by the ridges separating it from Baitarani basin on the south, by the Bay of Bengal on the south-east and by the Kasai Valley of Kangsabati River on the east.
- River Basin: It extends over States of Jharkhand, Odisha and comparatively smaller part in West Bengal.
- The basin is generally influenced by the South-West monsoon, which onsets in the month of June and extends up to October.
- Dams and Reservoirs: Getalsud Reservoir, Chandil Dam, Galudih Barrage and Icha Dam.
Source: NIE
Last updated on June, 2026
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