{"id":118919,"date":"2026-08-13T13:21:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T07:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=118919"},"modified":"2026-08-13T13:21:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T07:51:13","slug":"kollidam-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kollidam-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Kollidam River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Kollidam River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ASI archaeologists recently found remains of a possible Sangam-era irrigation structure in the Kollidam river near Lalgudi, Trichy.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Kollidam River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a river in <\/span><b>southeastern India <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">flowing through the <\/span><b>Tamil Nadu<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> state.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the northern <\/span><b>distributary of the Kaveri River.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also known as <\/span><b>Kolidam <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and sometimes <\/span><b>Coleroon in English.\u00a0<\/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;\"><b>Formed by the northern bifurcation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/kaveri-river-system\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kaveri River <\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">just west of Srirangam, the Kollidam River flows in an<\/span><b> easterly and then northeasterly direction<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for about 150 km.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It finally<\/span><b> empties <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">through several mouths into the<\/span><b> Bay of Bengal,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> roughly equidistant between the Puducherry (north) and Karaikal (south) sectors of the <\/span><b>Puducherry <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">union territory on the coast.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Kollidam is the major <\/span><b>northern stream of the Kaveri delta.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river was<\/span><b> dammed in 1836 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to help provide<\/span><b> irrigation water for the delta,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>most fertile and densely populated region of southern India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, noted for its <\/span><b>rice production.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>town <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of <\/span><b>Chidambaram <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lies on its banks.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/trichy\/remains-of-sangam-era-water-mgmt-structure-found-in-kollidam-river\/amp_articleshow\/133163800.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kollidam River is a river in southeastern India flowing through the Tamil Nadu state. 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