{"id":31319,"date":"2025-03-18T08:15:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T02:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31319"},"modified":"2025-04-16T11:00:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T05:30:24","slug":"river-betwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/river-betwa\/","title":{"rendered":"River Betwa"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>River Betwa Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>River Betwa that once gave life to the Vindhyas, nourished kingdoms, and witnessed the footsteps of sages and warriors alike, lies in silence &#8211; gasping, groaning, almost gone.<\/p>\n<h2>About River Betwa<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Betwa River, historically known as <strong>Vetravati<\/strong>, is significant in central and northern India, serving as a tributary of the Yamuna River.<\/li>\n<li>It originates from Jhiri village in <strong>Raisen district<\/strong>, Madhya Pradesh, in the Vindhya Range, just north of Hoshangabad (now Narmadapuram).<\/li>\n<li>It flows generally northeast through <strong>Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh states<\/strong> and empties into the Yamuna River just east of Hamirpur after a 380-mile (610-km) course.<\/li>\n<li>Nearly half of its course, which is not navigable, runs over the Malwa Plateau before it breaks into the upland of Bundelkhand.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tributaries: <\/strong>The <strong>Jamni and Dhasan rivers <\/strong>are its major tributaries.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dams: <\/strong>The Betwa is dammed at Dukwan and Deogarh for irrigation and water management.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance:\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The Betwa River has been flowing since <strong>Vedic times<\/strong> and is mentioned in the <strong>Vedas<\/strong> through hymns and verses. In the <strong>Mahabharata<\/strong>, it is revered as <strong>Vetravati<\/strong>, symbolizing penance, purity, and perseverance.<\/li>\n<li>It is part of the <strong>Ken-Betwa Link Project<\/strong>, a major interlinking initiative designed to transfer surplus water from the Ken River to the Betwa River for irrigation and drinking purposes.<\/li>\n<li>The Indian navy named one of its frigates <strong>INS Betwa<\/strong> in honour of the river.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ken-Betwa Link Project<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Ken-Betwa Link Project (KBLP) <\/strong>is a river interlinking initiative aimed at transferring surplus water from the <strong>Ken River to the Betwa River <\/strong>to irrigate the drought-prone Bundelkhand region.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It is the first project under the <strong>National Perspective Plan<\/strong> for the interlinking of rivers, which was prepared in 1980.<\/li>\n<li>The Ken-Betwa Link Project has two phases.\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Phase I<\/strong> will involve building the Daudhan Dam complex and its subsidiary units such as the Low-Level Tunnel, High-Level Tunnel, Ken-Betwa Link Canal, and powerhouses.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Phase II<\/strong> will involve three components \u2014 Lower Orr Dam, Bina Complex Project, and Kotha Barrage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>River Betwa FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1. <\/strong>In which state is the Betwa River?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans. <\/strong>The Betwa River flows through Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2. <\/strong>Why is Betwa River famous?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans. <\/strong>The Betwa River is famous for its cultural, religious, and economic significance, as well as major projects like the Ken-Betwa Link.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3. <\/strong>Why is Betwa called Ganga of MP?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans. <\/strong>Betwa is called the &#8220;Ganga of Madhya Pradesh&#8221; due to its historical, religious, and cultural importance in the region.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q4. <\/strong>On which river is Orchha?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans. <\/strong>Orchha is located on the banks of the Betwa River in Madhya Pradesh.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/in-madhya-pradesh-river-betwa-suffers-a-slow-death-7944806\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NDTV<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Betwa River, historically known as Vetravati, is significant in central and northern India, serving as a tributary of the Yamuna River.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":31320,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31319","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\/31319","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=31319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}