{"id":23231,"date":"2026-09-08T12:19:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T06:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=23231"},"modified":"2026-09-08T14:51:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T09:21:39","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><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two men in their 20s are feared to have drowned in the Hindon River near Haibatpur in Greater Noida recently.<\/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 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<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> River<\/span><b> 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 <\/span><b>increase in water flow during<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>monsoon <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is on the<\/span><b> banks of this river <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that archeologists found <\/span><b>traces of the Harappan civilization <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with<\/span><b> sites dating back <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to as long as <\/span><b>2500 BC.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hindon River was a <\/span><b>site for several skirmishes between Indian troops and British <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">soldiers in the <\/span><b>first revolt of independence 1857, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">including the <\/span><b>battle of Badli-ki-serai, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the <\/span><b>graves of British soldiers and officers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can still be seen.\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 <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/central-pollution-control-board-cpcb\/\" target=\"_blank\">Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) <\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">found the Hindon\u2019s pollution levels were so severe that it was <\/span><b>declared a \u2018dead river\u2019 and \u2018unfit\u2019 even for bathing <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in several sections of the river.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/cities\/noida-news\/two-men-feared-drowned-in-hindon-river-in-greater-noida-101788721263848.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>HT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hindon River: Two men feared drowned in Greater Noida. 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