{"id":23231,"date":"2026-03-18T12:19:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T06:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=23231"},"modified":"2026-03-18T15:06:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T09:36:18","slug":"hindon-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/hindon-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Hindon River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Hindon River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A recent survey of the Hindon river has raised serious concerns about water quality, with preliminary tests showing zero dissolved oxygen (DO) levels at several locations, rendering the water &#8220;uninhabitable&#8221; for most aquatic life.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Hindon River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>tributary of the Yamuna<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> River.<\/span><\/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;\">It <\/span><b>originates <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the Saharanpur district of <\/span><b>Uttar Pradesh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in the <\/span><b>Siwalik Hills,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at an elevation of about 800 meters (2,625 feet) above sea level.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>flows across<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>industrial belt of Western Uttar Pradesh and Haryana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before <\/span><b>merging with the Yamuna River near Noida.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Total Length: 400 km<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river is <\/span><b>entirely fed by rain, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with a significant increase in water flow during the monsoon season.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Tributaries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The <\/span><b>Kali (West) River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Krishni River <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are the main tributaries of River Hindon.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>on the banks of this river <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that archeologists found<\/span><b> traces of the<\/b> <b>Harappan civilization <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with sites dating back to as long as 2500 BC.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to <\/span><b>urban, agricultural, and industrial waste <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which is being released without sufficient treatment into its waters, the Hindon is now<\/span><b> one of the most polluted stretches in the Ganga basin.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>In 2015, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">found the Hindon\u2019s pollution levels were so severe that it was <\/span><b>declared a \u2018dead river<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019 and \u2018unfit\u2019 even for bathing in several sections of the river.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/meerut\/zero-dissolved-oxygen-at-hindon-river-stretches-survey\/articleshow\/129638740.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hindon River is a tributary of the Yamuna River. 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