{"id":19069,"date":"2025-09-22T11:06:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T05:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=19069"},"modified":"2025-09-22T13:58:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T08:28:49","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;\">State level technical committee (SLTC) recently approved two sewage treatment plant (STP) projects along the Indrayani River in Pimpri Chinchwad to curb water pollution.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Indrayani River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><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=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><b> tributary of the Bhima<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> River (a <\/span><b>tributary of the <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/krishna-river\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Krishna<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/krishna-river\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong> River<\/strong><\/a>).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Course<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><b> rain-fed <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">river that <\/span><b>originates <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from the<\/span><b> Western Ghats, near the hill station <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of <\/span><b>Lonavala<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, located along the Mumbai-Pune Highway.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>flows through the Pune <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">district before <\/span><b>merging into the Bhima River at Tulapur.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It travels a total length of <\/span><b>105.3 km.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><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<\/span><b> situated on its banks.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><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 popular saint of Maharashtra, 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=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indrayani also<\/span><b> passes through<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>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=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Valvan Dam <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at Kamshet, situated on the Indrayani River, is a hydroelectric generating station.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/pune\/technical-panel-approves-2-stps-along-indrayani-cm\/articleshow\/124005440.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indrayani River is a river located in the state of Maharashtra. 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