{"id":28123,"date":"2026-05-11T11:33:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T06:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=28123"},"modified":"2026-05-11T13:09:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T07:39:55","slug":"sabarmati-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sabarmati-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabarmati River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Sabarmati River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sabarmati River in Ahmedabad city remains dry after authorities of the Vasna barrage halted water flow for repair works of its gates, causing inconvenience to many. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Sabarmati River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>monsoon-fed, west-flowing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> river flowing through <\/span><b>Rajasthan and Gujarat.<\/b><\/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;\">from the <\/span><b>Dhebar Lake<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, situated in the southeast of the <\/span><b>Aravalli Range in Rajasthan\u2019s <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Udaipur district.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From its source, the river<\/span><b> flows in a southwest direction<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As it flows through the plains, the river <\/span><b>enters <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the state of <\/span><b>Gujarat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It finally <\/span><b>empties <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">into the <\/span><b>Gulf of Khambhat <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/arabian-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arabian Sea<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river is<\/span><b> 371 kilometers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> long, with <\/span><b>323 kilometers in Gujarat <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>48 kilometers in Rajasthan.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>basin <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is <\/span><b>bounded <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by <\/span><b>Aravalli Hills <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the north and northeast, by the <\/span><b>Rann of Kutch<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the west, and by the<\/span><b> Gulf of Khambhat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the south.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>major part <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the basin is <\/span><b>covered with agriculture<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, accounting for 74.68% of the total area.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The banks of the Sabarmati River have Indian cities like <\/span><b>Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>flows north-south through Ahmedabad, bisecting the city<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> into its western and eastern halves.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Major Tributaries:<\/b> <b>Wakal River, Harnav River, Hathmati River, Watrak River,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Madhumati <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">River.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/cities\/ahmedabad\/sabarmati-river-dry-rubber-barrage-subhash-bridge-10682840\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sabarmati River is a monsoon-fed, west-flowing river flowing through Rajasthan and Gujarat. 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