{"id":24892,"date":"2026-07-06T01:31:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T20:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=24892"},"modified":"2026-07-06T15:09:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T09:39:40","slug":"panchagnaga-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/panchagnaga-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Panchagnaga River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Panchganga River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to intense rainfall in its catchment areas, the Panchganga River, which flows through Kolhapur city, breached its banks, submerging 28 barrages in the basin.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Panchganga River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>major tributary of the Krishna<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> River, flowing through <\/span><b>Maharashtra<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Course<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/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<\/span><b> Sahyadri mountain ranges<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is formed by the <\/span><b>confluence of five rivers\u2014Kasari, Kumbhi, Tulsi, Bhogawati, and Saraswati\u2014at Prayag Sangam <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">near Kolhapur.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The confluence point is considered sacred, and it attracts a large number of devotees during the winter.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From there, the river <\/span><b>flows approximately 80 km <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">before eventually<\/span><b> joining the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/krishna-river-system\/\" target=\"_blank\">Krishna River<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at Kurundvad, Maharashtra.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Panchganga River holds immense spiritual significance. The banks of the river are adorned with <\/span><b>numerous temples and shrines.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>valley <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the Panchaganga River is <\/span><b>very fertile, and its sloping banks yield rich crops<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> during the winter season.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> waters of all the streams<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which join to form the Panchaganga are much <\/span><b>used for growing sugarcane.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Dams<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Radhanagari Dam<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kalammawadi Dam<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kode Budruk Dam<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tulashi Dam<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Since the last decade, its pollution level has been increasing <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fast. The pollution of the Panchaganga River is <\/span><b>due to the disposal of untreated municipal sewage from<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>Kolhapur town.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>News: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/kolhapur\/panchganga-breaches-its-banks-several-small-dams-mahabaleshwars-venna-lake-overflow\/articleshow\/132199007.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Panchganga River is a major tributary of the Krishna River, flowing through Maharashtra. 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