{"id":49386,"date":"2026-04-19T14:38:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T09:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=49386"},"modified":"2026-04-20T16:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T11:29:13","slug":"kulsi-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kulsi-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Kulsi River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Kulsi River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A proposed hydropower project on the Kulsi River is facing opposition from local residents.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Kulsi River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>south-bank tributary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/brahmaputra-river-system\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Brahmaputra <\/b><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/brahmaputra-river-system\/\" target=\"_blank\">River<\/a>.<\/strong><\/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;\">It is <\/span><b>composed of three rivers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, namely <strong>K<\/strong><\/span><b>hri, Krishniya, and Umsiri<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, all of which <\/span><b>originate from the West Khasi hill ranges of Meghalaya<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from an elevation of over 1800 metres and flow north.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river is known as Khri in the upper catchments, and after being joined by two other tributaries, namely Krishniya and Umsiri, within the Khasi hills in Meghalaya, it <\/span><b>flows northwest and enters Assam at Ukium.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After that it <\/span><b>flows north up to Kulsi village <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">through the plains of the Kamrup District of Assam.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, it <\/span><b>outflows into the Brahmaputra near Nagarbera.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>total length<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Kulsi is about <\/span><b>220 km, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">out of which <\/span><b>100 km is in Meghalaya <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the rest, <\/span><b>120 km, is in Assam.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is considered<\/span><b> one of the last refuges of the endangered <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/about-gangetic-dolphin\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gangetic dolphin<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Platanista gangetica gangetica) <\/span><b>in Assam.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etvbharat.com\/en\/state\/proposed-kulsi-hydropower-project-triggers-protests-in-assam-meghalaya-over-displacement-and-ecological-risks-enn26041805438\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ETVB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kulsi River is a south-bank tributary of the Brahmaputra, formed by Khri, Krishniya, and Umsiri rivers rising in Meghalaya\u2019s West Khasi Hills. 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