{"id":124839,"date":"2026-09-17T13:50:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T08:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=124839"},"modified":"2026-09-17T13:50:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T08:20:59","slug":"sankh-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sankh-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Sankh River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Sankh River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tragedy struck Salangabahal village in Odisha when three minor girls drowned in the Sankh river while preparing for the Karma Puja festival recently. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Sankh River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It flows across <\/span><b>Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Odisha <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">states in India.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river is also <\/span><b>known locally <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as the <\/span><b>Shankh River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is a <\/span><b>key tributary in the Brahmani River system.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Course<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river <\/span><b>starts <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1,000 metres above sea level in the Lupungpat village in Gumla district in <\/span><b>Jharkhand <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>flows 67.5 kilometres <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the state <\/span><b>before entering Chhattisgarh.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>runs <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a distance of about <\/span><b>50 kilometres in Chhattisgarh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>enters Jharkhand again<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to flow for another 78 kilometres.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river <\/span><b>finally enters Odisha<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and travels another 45 kilometres before<\/span><b> merging with the Koel.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>South Koel enters Odisha<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and j<\/span><b>oins the Sankh River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at Vedavyas <\/span><b>near Rourkela, from where it is called the Brahmani.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Total Length: 240 km<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b>major feature<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> along its course is the<\/span><b> 60-metre-high Sadni Falls<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located at the <\/span><b>edge of the Ranchi plateau<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, known as a<\/span><b> scarp or knick-line waterfall.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/states\/odisha\/2026\/Sep\/16\/odisha-three-girls-drown-in-sankh-river-during-karma-puja-preparations-in-sundargarh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>NIE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sankh River flows across Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha states in India. 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