{"id":27621,"date":"2026-09-23T12:11:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T06:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=27621"},"modified":"2026-09-23T15:30:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T10:00:26","slug":"koel-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/koel-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Koel River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Koel River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Four teenagers recently drowned in the Koel River in Jharkhand&#8217;s Palamu district while immersing materials used for Karma Puja. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Koel River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an important river flowing through the states of <\/span><b>Jharkhand and Odisha.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Course:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>originates <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from the<\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/palamu-tiger-reserve\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Palamau Tiger Reserve<\/a>, Jharkhand,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and flows in the western part of Palamu District.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river is believed to be <\/span><b>fed by three streams<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Jharkhand, namely<\/span><b> South Karo, North Karo and Koina.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river <\/span><b>divides into two:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>North Koel River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It is tapped near Kutku for irrigation reasons and finally <\/span><b>joins with the Son River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (a principal southern tributary of the Ganges).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>South Koel River:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It <\/span><b>joins the Sankh River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> near Rourkela in Odisha to<\/span><b> form the Brahmani River.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flowing through the<\/span><b> hilly terrain of Jharkhand and Odisha, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Koel River is <\/span><b>part of the larger Damodar Valley region,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> known for its <\/span><b>mineral-rich landscape.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is prone to<\/span><b> seasonal flooding,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> particularly during the monsoon months.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Hydropower Potential:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The <\/span><b>North Koel Dam, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also known as the <\/span><b>Mandal Dam, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was constructed on the<\/span><b> North Koel River in Jharkhand,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> intended to generate hydroelectric power and supply irrigation water.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etvbharat.com\/en\/state\/palamu-karma-puja-tragedy-four-teenagers-drown-in-koel-river-one-missing-during-immersion-ritual-enn26092301273\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>ETVB<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Koel River is an important river flowing through the states of Jharkhand and Odisha. Read more about Koel River, Origin, Course, Tributaries, Latest News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":125907,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10441,21,22,23],"class_list":["post-27621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","tag-koel-river","tag-prelims-pointers","tag-upsc-current-affairs","tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27621"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125910,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27621\/revisions\/125910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}