{"id":3831,"date":"2026-08-17T12:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T07:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=3831"},"modified":"2026-08-17T14:11:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T08:41:15","slug":"mahadayi-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mahadayi-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahadayi River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Mahadayi River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is no proposal before the Union government from Karnataka seeking an Environmental Clearance (EC) for the diversion of the Mahadayi River for various projects, the Centre recently told the Lok Sabha.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Mahadayi River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mahadayi River, also known as the <\/span><b>Mandovi <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or <\/span><b>Mhadei River,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a <\/span><b>rain-fed river <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shared between K<\/span><b>arnataka and Goa.\u00a0\u00a0<\/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>Bhimgad Forest <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/western-ghats\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Western Ghats<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, located in the Belagavi district of <\/span><b>Karnataka<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>flows westward <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to<\/span><b> join the Arabian Sea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at <\/span><b>Panaji, Goa.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Total Length<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It flows for nearly <\/span><b>81 km<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 29 km in Karnataka and <\/span><b>52 km in Goa.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its basin is <\/span><b>crucial for Goa\u2019s water needs, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">covering much of North Goa.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Panaji<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b>state capital, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the <\/span><b>town of Old Goa <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are situated on the<\/span><b> left bank <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the Mandovi River.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Near the town of Old Goa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, there are <\/span><b>three large freshwater islands, Divar, Chorao,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Vashee, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the Mandovi River. The<\/span><b> island of Chorao houses Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has several <\/span><b>tributaries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, namely <\/span><b>Rogaro<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Kushavati<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Nanorem, Nanuz, Valvota, and Mapusa.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river is central to a <\/span><b>decades-long dispute between Karnataka and Goa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, primarily over <\/span><b>Karnataka\u2019s plans <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to <\/span><b>divert water from the Kalasa and Bhandura tributaries to the Malaprabha basin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for drinking water needs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal (MWDT) in 2018 allocated 13.42 tmc (380 Mcum) of water to Karnataka, including permissions for limited diversion from the Kalasa (1.72 tmc) and Bhandura (2.18 tmc) streams.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/karnataka\/no-proposal-for-environmental-clearance-pending-for-mahadayi-centre\/article71346022.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mahadayi River is a rain-fed river shared between Karnataka and Goa. 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