{"id":20267,"date":"2025-10-14T10:46:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T05:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=20267"},"modified":"2025-10-14T14:54:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T09:24:23","slug":"gomti-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/gomti-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Gomti River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Gomti River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister recently launched the \u2018Gomti Rejuvenation Mission\u2019 to ensure the uninterrupted flow of the river, setting an ambitious target to intercept 95 percent of urban sewage entering the waterway.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Gomti 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 <\/span><b>tributary of the Ganges<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Ganga) River, flowing entirely through the state of <\/span><b>Uttar Pradesh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river is also known by the names <\/span><b>Gumti or Gomati.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Course<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>originates <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from the <\/span><b>Gomat Taal,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> otherwise called Fulhaar Jheel, a lake located in the Pilibhit District in Uttar Pradesh.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river<\/span><b> drains the area between the Ramganga and Sharda Rivers.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>After flowing southwards <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">through the districts of Lucknow, Barabhanki, Sultanpur, Faizabad, and Jaunpur, it <\/span><b>joins with the River Ganga.<\/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 extends to about <\/span><b>900 km.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It drains a basin of about 18,750 sq.km.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>entire Gomti basin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is <\/span><b>underlain by thick alluvial sediments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Quaternary age.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The alluvial sediments consist of boulders, pebbles, gravel, sand, silt, clay, and kankars.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The unconsolidated unit may be further subdivided into<\/span><b> younger alluvium and older alluvium.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>younger alluvium <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">occupies the <\/span><b>present-day flood plains,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> while the <\/span><b>older group occupies elevated portions,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> mainly the <\/span><b>doab portions.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> older alluvium<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is characterized by <\/span><b>kankar nodules<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at depth otherwise it is similar to the younger alluvium.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>perennial river. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river is characterised by<\/span><b> sluggish flow throughout the year,<\/b> <b>except during the monsoon <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">season, when heavy rainfall causes a manifold increase in the runoff.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Significant <\/span><b>tributaries <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the Gomti include the <\/span><b>Sai River, Chowka River, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kathina River, and Saryu River.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are various <\/span><b>cities <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that are situated on the banks of River Gomti, such as <\/span><b>Sultanpur, Lucknow, Jaunpur, and Lakhimpur Kheri. <\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">Over the years, Gomti has become <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">one of the most polluted rivers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Uttar Pradesh.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swarajyamag.com\/news-brief\/yogi-govt-launches-gomti-river-rejuvenation-mission-sewage-interception-wetland-creation-and-ghat-beautification-planned\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SRMG<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gomti River is a tributary of the Ganges (Ganga) River, flowing entirely through the state of Uttar Pradesh. 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