{"id":50372,"date":"2026-02-08T14:49:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T09:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=50372"},"modified":"2026-02-08T16:56:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T11:26:29","slug":"sharda-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sharda-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharda River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Sharda River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Uttarakhand chief minister recently laid the foundation stone of the Sharda river corridor at Tanakpur in Champawat district.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Sharda River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>transboundary river<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of<\/span><b> northern India and western Nepal.\u00a0<\/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;\">It <\/span><b>rises as the Kali River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in far <\/span><b>northern Uttarakhand <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the <\/span><b>Great Himalayas <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the <\/span><b>eastern slopes of the Nanda Devi massif.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river then <\/span><b>flows <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">generally <\/span><b>south-southwest<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it <\/span><b>constitutes <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>border between Uttarakhand<\/b> <b>and Nepal.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Descending from the mountains, it <\/span><b>enters the Indo-Gangetic Plain at Barmdeo Mandi (Nepal),<\/b> <b>widening there above the Sharda Barrage<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><b>Below that poin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t it is known as the<\/span><b> Sharda River.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sharda then <\/span><b>continues southeastward into India through northern Uttar Pradesh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> state before <\/span><b>joining the Ghaghara River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (a tributary of the Ganges) southwest of Bahraich, after a course of about 300 miles (480 km).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its major <\/span><b>tributaries <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are the <\/span><b>Dhauliganga, Goriganga, and Sarju.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Sharda Barrage (dam)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, near <\/span><b>Banbasa (Uttarakhand),<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the<\/span><b> source of the Sharda Canal (completed 1930)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>one of the longest irrigation canals<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in northern India.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/dehradun\/cm-lays-foundation-stone-for-sharda-river-corridor-in-champawat\/articleshow\/128042469.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sharda River is a transboundary river flowing through northern India and western Nepal, known for its role in irrigation and hydroelectric power generation. 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