{"id":27621,"date":"2024-10-29T08:11:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T02:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=27621"},"modified":"2025-04-08T11:04:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T05:34:18","slug":"koel-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/koel-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts about Koel River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Koel River:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Koel River <strong>originates from the Palamau Tiger Reserve, Jharkhand<\/strong>, and flows in the western part of Palamu District.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The river divides into two &#8211; the <strong>North Koel River<\/strong> and the <strong>South Koel River<\/strong>.\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>former river<\/strong> is tapped near Kutku for irrigation reasons and finally <strong>joins with the Son River.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>latter one flows across<\/strong> the Indian state of <strong>Orissa<\/strong> near Rourkela, before <strong>merging with the Brahmani River.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Flowing through the hilly terrain of <strong>Jharkhand and Odisha<\/strong>, the Koel River is <strong>part of the larger Damodar Valley region<\/strong>, known for its mineral-rich landscape.<\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>prone to seasonal flooding<\/strong>, particularly during the monsoon months.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hydropower Potential:<\/strong> The <strong>North Koel Dam,<\/strong> also known as the <strong>Mandal Dam<\/strong>, was constructed on the North Koel River in Jharkhand, intended to generate hydroelectric power and supply irrigation water.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1<\/strong>: Which are the main tributaries of the Son River?<\/h3>\n<p>Its important tributaries lying in the states of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand are Johilla, Mahanadi, Banas, Gopad, Rihand, Ghagher , Kanhar and North Koel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etvbharat.com\/en\/!bharat\/three-students-drown-while-taking-bath-in-jharkhands-koel-river-enn24102803834\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Three Students Drown While Taking Bath In Jharkhand&#8217;s Koel River<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Koel River originates from the Palamau Tiger Reserve, Jharkhand, and flows in the western part of Palamu District.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":27622,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-27621","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"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":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27622"}],"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}]}}