{"id":17821,"date":"2025-11-14T11:39:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T06:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=17821"},"modified":"2025-11-14T13:29:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T07:59:20","slug":"painganga-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/painganga-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Penganga River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Penganga River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Four women and three children trapped for almost two hours in the gushing water of the Penganga River, near the famous Sahastrakund waterfall, were rescued recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Penganga River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Painganga<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> River (also known as the Penganga River) is the <\/span><b>chief river of the Yavatmal district in Maharashtra<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> state.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a major <\/span><b>tributary of the Wardha River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the other major river in the district.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Origin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/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>Ajantha range<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s in Aurangabad district in <\/span><b>Maharashtra<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It then flows through Buldhana &amp; Washim District &amp; flows through the border of Washim &amp; Hingoli District.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then it acts as a boundary between Yavatmal and Nanded districts of Maharashtra.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river <\/span><b>flows along the State border between Maharashtra and Telangana <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">before<\/span><b> converging into Wardha river.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Wardha <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">River <\/span><b>flows into the Wain Ganga River to form the Pranhita River,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which <\/span><b>finally joins the Godavari <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">River, which empties into the Bay of Bengal.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>total length<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the river is<\/span><b> 676 km.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>deeply entrenched <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>difficult to navigate.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Major Tributaries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The main tributaries of the river are <\/span><b>Adan, Kas, Arunavati, Kayadhu, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Pus<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Penganga River g<\/span><b>ets flooded in the rainy and winter seasons<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and partially flooded in the summer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are <\/span><b>two dam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s being constructed on the river, namely <\/span><b>Upper Painganga <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Lower Painganga.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This dam is also<\/span><b> known as Isapur Dam.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/aurangabad\/4-women-3-children-trapped-in-penganga-river-near-sahastrakund-rescued\/articleshow\/125309161.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Penganga River is the chief river of the Yavatmal district in Maharashtra state. 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