{"id":118589,"date":"2026-08-11T13:06:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T07:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=118589"},"modified":"2026-08-11T13:12:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T07:42:33","slug":"betwa-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/betwa-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Betwa River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Betwa River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, the water level of the Betwa River has risen rapidly following continuous rainfall, increasing concerns in areas along the river.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Betwa River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a significant river in <\/span><b>central and northern India.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an important <\/span><b>right-bank tributary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the <\/span><b>Yamuna <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">River.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Course:\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>originates <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from Jhirri village in Raisen District, near Bhopal, <\/span><b>Madhya Pradesh.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>begins <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at an elevation of around 460 metres in the <\/span><b>Vindhya Hills.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>flows <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">generally <\/span><b>northeast through Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">states and <\/span><b>empties into the Yamuna River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> near Hamirpur town in Uttar Pradesh.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nearly<\/span><b> half of its course, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which is <\/span><b>not navigable<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>runs over the Malwa Plateau before it breaks into <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the upland of <\/span><b>Bundelkhand<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The River&#8217;s <\/span><b>total length<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is<\/span><b> 590 km,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of which 358 km flows in Uttar Pradesh and 232 km in Madhya Pradesh.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the <\/span><b>active monsoon season<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the Betwa River <\/span><b>discharges exceptionally high levels,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> while in the summer; it discharges extremely low levels<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Tributaries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The <\/span><b>Jamni <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Dhasan <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rivers are its major tributaries.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Dams<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The Betwa is <\/span><b>dammed at Dukwan and Deogarh <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for irrigation and water management.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Significance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been <\/span><b>mentioned in the Mahabharata<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and once <\/span><b>supported the Chedi Kingdom, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">whose <\/span><b>capital Suktimati stood on its banks.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>part of the Ken-Betwa Link Project,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a major interlinking initiative designed to <\/span><b>transfer surplus water from the Ken River to the Betwa River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for irrigation and drinking purposes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Indian Navy named one of its frigates INS Betwa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in honour of the river.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>historical little town of Orchha<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is famous for its architectural glory and graceful Betwa River.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The town is landlocked and primarily <\/span><b>fed by the Betwa River.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Orchha Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> lies within the area through which the Betwa River flows. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aninews.in\/news\/national\/general-news\/mp-betwa-river-swells-following-heavy-rains-in-vidisha-rescue-teams-on-alert20260811104258\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ANI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Betwa River is an important right-bank tributary of the Yamuna River.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":118528,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9465],"class_list":["post-118589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","tag-betwa-river","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118589"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118606,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118589\/revisions\/118606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}