{"id":61724,"date":"2025-09-02T12:40:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T07:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=61724"},"modified":"2025-09-02T13:26:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T07:56:51","slug":"swarnamukhi-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/swarnamukhi-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Swarnamukhi River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Swarnamukhi River Latest News<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Tirupati Urban Development Authority (TUDA) recently announced Operation SWARNA, a massive plan to rescue the River Swarnamukhi from the clutches of land grabbers, revive its flow area and rejuvenate it to ensure sustenance.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Swarnamukhi River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a river in <\/span><b>Andhra Pradesh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>east-flowing river <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">basin having a small catchment area of 3,225 sq.km.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Course<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It rises at an elevation of 300 m in the <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/difference-between-western-ghats-and-eastern-ghats\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eastern Ghat<\/a> ranges<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> near Pakala village in the Chittur district of <\/span><b>Andhra Pradesh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>runs <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">generally in the <\/span><b>northeastern direction<\/b> <b>passing through<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the famous <\/span><b>Tirupati hill<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s before<\/span><b> joining into the Bay of Bengal.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its total length is <\/span><b>130 km.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It flows through the <\/span><b>sacred regions of Tirumala and Srikalahasti,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where notable Hindu temples like the <\/span><b>Srikalahasteeswara Temple<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are located.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike larger river systems, the <\/span><b>Swarnamukhi is independent,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> meaning it <\/span><b>does not join or receive water from major river networks.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Its <\/span><b>flow <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is heavily <\/span><b>dependent on rainfall, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">particularly in its upper catchment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The average annual rainfall in the Swarnamukhi basin decreases from 1270 mm at the eastern extremity of the basin to 762 mm at the western extremity. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">Its<b style=\"font-size: inherit;\"> main tributary <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Kalyani River, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">across which the Kalyani Dam was constructed in 1977.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/andhra-pradesh\/tuda-moots-operation-swarna-to-rescue-revive-rejuvenate-river-swarnamukhi\/article69999538.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swarnamukhi River is an east-flowing river basin having a small catchment area of 3,225 sq.km. 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