{"id":19069,"date":"2026-06-15T11:06:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T05:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=19069"},"modified":"2026-06-15T13:28:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T07:58:20","slug":"indrayani-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/indrayani-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Indrayani River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Indrayani River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Residents and environmental activists have expressed concern after dozens of dead fish were found floating in the Indrayani River near Dehu recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Indrayani River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a river located in the state of <\/span><b>Maharashtra<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>tributary of the Bhima River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (a<\/span><b> tributary of the Krishna<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> River).<\/span><\/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 is a <\/span><b>rain-fed river<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that <\/span><b>originates <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from the<\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/western-ghats\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Western Ghats<\/a>, near the hill station of Lonavala<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, located <\/span><b>along the Mumbai-Pune Highway.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It<\/span><b> flows eastward,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> making its way through <\/span><b>parts of the Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad districts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before<\/span><b> merging into the Bhima River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at Tulapur.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It follows a course mostly <\/span><b>north of the city of Pune.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It travels a <\/span><b>total length<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span><b>105.3 km.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river has great religious importance, and the two <\/span><b>sacred towns, Alandi and Dehu, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are situated on its banks.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Dehu <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is known to be a sacred place for being the <\/span><b>hometown of the poet Saint Tukaram<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who was a <\/span><b>popular saint of Maharashtra<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>Alandi <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">holds the <\/span><b>samadhi of the poet Dnyaneshwar.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indrayani also <\/span><b>passes through the industrial town of Pimpri-Chinchwad<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and plays a role in irrigation and local agriculture.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Valvan Dam at Kamshet<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, situated on the Indrayani River, is a hydroelectric generating station.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><strong>: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/pune\/dead-fish-surface-in-the-indrayani-river-near-dehu-raising-pollution-concerns-ahead-of-ashadhi-wari\/articleshow\/131728249.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>TOI<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indrayani River is a river located in the state of Maharashtra. 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