{"id":30321,"date":"2026-02-21T11:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T06:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30321"},"modified":"2026-02-21T14:59:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T09:29:27","slug":"bhavani-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bhavani-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Bhavani River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Bhavani River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An RTI activist recently filed an online petition to the Prime Minister&#8217;s Office seeking criminal, departmental, and regulatory action against officials responsible for the pollution of the Bhavani river.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Bhavani River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a major <\/span><b>tributary of the Cauvery<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> River.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It flows through the states of <\/span><b>Kerala and Tamil Nadu.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>second largest river in Tamil Nadu.<\/b><\/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;\">The Bhavani River <\/span><b>starts <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">its journey in the <\/span><b>Nilgiri hills,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which are part of the <\/span><b>Western Ghats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> mountain range.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From there, it <\/span><b>flows into Kerala, passing through <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the beautiful<\/span><b> Silent Valley National Park.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After flowing through Kerala, the<\/span><b> river turns and flows back into Tamil Nadu.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, the river<\/span><b> merges with the Cauvery River in the town of Bhavani<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, at a location known as <\/span><b>Bhavani Sangameshwarar Temple<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a significant pilgrimage site for Hindus.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Total Length: 217 km.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>&#8220;perennial&#8221; river<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which means it flows all year round and never dries up.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>drainage basin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Bhavani River spans approximately 6,200 sq.km., covering parts of <\/span><b>Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka:<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About<\/span><b> 90 percent of the river water <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is used for <\/span><b>agriculture<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Tributaries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The largest tributaries of the Bhavani River are<\/span><b> West and East Varagar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which come from the Nilgiris.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are two <\/span><b>major dams<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the Bhavani River:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Bhavani Sagar Dam<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Kodiveri Dam.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/coimbatore\/activist-seeks-pmos-intervention-to-save-bhavani-river-water\/articleshow\/128617362.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bhavani River is a major tributary of the Cauvery River. 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