{"id":23358,"date":"2025-11-23T13:56:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T08:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=23358"},"modified":"2025-11-24T16:09:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T10:39:51","slug":"mahi-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mahi-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahi River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Mahi River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11 people were killed and several vehicles fell into the Mahisagar (Mahi) River after a section of the Gambhira-Mujpur bridge in Padra taluka of Gujarat&#8217;s Vadodara collapsed recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>About Mahi River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the <\/span><b>major west-flowing interstate rivers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It flows through the states of <\/span><b>Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Gujarat.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river is popularly <\/span><b>described as &#8220;Mahisagar&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> due to its vastness.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Course<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>originates <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the northern slope of the <\/span><b>Vindhya Mountain Range in Madhya Pradesh,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at an average altitude of about 500 m above mean sea level.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After its birth, the river <\/span><b>flows in the southerly direction of Madhya Pradesh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for about 120 km.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>enters <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>southeastern portion of Rajasthan,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is the Vagad region. The river flows through the Banswara district, which comes under the Vagad regi<\/span><b>on.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Before entering Gujarat, t<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he river makes a `<\/span><b>U` shaped loop in Rajasthan.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, the river <\/span><b>surrenders <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">itself<\/span><b> to the Arabian Sea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by a wide estuary <\/span><b>near Khambat.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>total length <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of Mahi is<\/span><b> 583 km.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The total drainage area of the river is about 34,842 sq.km.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>bounded by<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>Aravalli Hills <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the north and the northwest, by the <\/span><b>Malwa Plateau<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the east, by the <\/span><b>Vindhyas <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the south, and by the<\/span><b> Gulf of Khambhat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the west.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>silt brought down by the Mahi River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has <\/span><b>contributed to the thinning of the Gulf of Khambat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><b>abandonment of its once-rich ports.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> riverbed lies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> considerably<\/span><b> lower than the land level<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is of <\/span><b>little use for irrigation.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Tributaries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The main tributaries of the river are <\/span><b>Eru, Nori, Chap, Som, Jakham, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moran, Anas, Panam, and Bhadar.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">The Mahi River has a dam on it, namely, the <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Mahi Bajaj Sagar Dam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/3-killed-after-vehicles-fall-into-river-as-bridge-collapses-in-gujarat-8846889\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NDTV<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mahi River is a major west-flowing interstate river in India, traversing Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Gujarat before draining into the Arabian Sea. 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