{"id":112763,"date":"2026-07-12T15:21:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T09:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=112763"},"modified":"2026-07-12T17:28:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T11:58:29","slug":"khawthlangtuipui-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/khawthlangtuipui-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Khawthlangtuipui River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Khawthlangtuipui River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 80 families have been evacuated to safer locations after the Khawthlangtuipui river overflowed in Mizoram&#8217;s Lunglei district bordering Bangladesh following incessant rainfall over the past week.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Khawthlangtuipui River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Khawthlangtuipui, also known as the <\/span><b>Karnaphuli<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is a <\/span><b>transboundary river<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> flowing through <\/span><b>India and Bangladesh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Course<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>originates <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/lushai-hills\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lushai Hills<\/a> of Mizoram<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It extends approximately<\/span><b> 270 kilometers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> southward through the <\/span><b>Chittagong Hill Tracts of southeastern Bangladesh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before <strong>d<\/strong><\/span><b>ischarging into the Bay of Benga<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>l<\/strong> near the <\/span><b>port city of Chittagong.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Principal tributaries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> include the <\/span><b>Kawrpui River or Thega River, Tuichawng River,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Phairuang River.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It serves as an important source of irrigation, inland navigation, fisheries, and hydroelectric power for the region.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river is home to the<\/span><b> Kaptai Dam, Bangladesh&#8217;s largest hydroelectric power project,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which forms the<\/span><b> Kaptai Lake,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the<\/span><b> country&#8217;s largest artificial lake. <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/india\/2026\/Jul\/10\/over-80-families-evacuated-in-mizoram-as-overflowing-river-landslides-disrupt-normal-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NIE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Khawthlangtuipui (Karnaphuli) River originates in Mizoram and flows through Bangladesh before emptying into the Bay of Bengal. 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