{"id":51335,"date":"2026-03-23T11:24:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T05:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=51335"},"modified":"2026-03-23T14:55:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:25:59","slug":"subarnarekha-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/subarnarekha-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Subarnarekha River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Subarnarekha River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has issued instructions to the state government agencies to take action to arrest illegal sand mining and smuggling from Subarnarekha river in Odisha.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Subarnarekha River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Origin: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It originates near Nagri village in the <\/span><b>Ranchi District of Jharkhand<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at an elevation of 600 m.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It flows for a length of 395 km before <\/span><b>outfalling into the Bay of Bengal.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Subarnarekha (meaning \u201cStreak of Gold\u201d) flows east through a copper-mining region and leaves the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/chota-nagpur-plateau\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Chota Nagpur plateau<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the <\/span><b>Hundrugbagh waterfall.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Tributaries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Its principal tributaries joining from right are the <\/span><b>Kanchi, the Karkari and the Kharkai.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The basin is bounded by<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Chhotanagpur plateau<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the <\/span><b>north and the west,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the ridges separating it from <\/span><b>Baitarani <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">basin on the south, by the <\/span><b>Bay of Bengal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the <\/span><b>south-east<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and by the <\/span><b>Kasai Valley<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span><b>Kangsabati River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the east.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>River Basin:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It extends over States of <\/span><b>Jharkhand, Odisha<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and comparatively smaller part in <\/span><b>West Bengal.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The basin is generally influenced by the <\/span><b>South-West monsoon<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which onsets in the month of June and extends up to October.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Dams and Reservoirs:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Getalsud Reservoir, Chandil Dam, Galudih Barrage and Icha Dam.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/states\/odisha\/2026\/Mar\/22\/moefcc-directs-strict-action-on-illegal-sand-mining-in-balasores-subarnarekha-river\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NIE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subarnarekha River originates near Nagri village in the Ranchi District of Jharkhand at an elevation of 600 m. 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