{"id":63856,"date":"2025-09-17T13:24:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T07:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=63856"},"modified":"2025-09-17T15:16:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T09:46:34","slug":"penna-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/penna-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Penna River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Penna River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eighteen youngsters stranded in the floodwaters of the Penna River in the Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh recently were rescued after a seven-hour operation.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Penna River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Penna River, also known as <\/span><b>Pennar, Pinakini, or Penneru<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is a river in southern India that flows through the states of <\/span><b>Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Course<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Origin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It rises in the <\/span><b>Nandi Hills<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an upland region on the <\/span><b>Deccan plateau<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in <\/span><b>Karnataka<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s Chikkaballapur district.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It<\/span><b> flows north into Andhra Pradesh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> state and turns east and then southeast.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>After passage through a gap in the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/difference-between-western-ghats-and-eastern-ghats\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eastern Ghats <\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">range, it again <\/span><b>bends east toward the Coromandel Coast, emptying into the Bay of Bengal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> near the Nellore district.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a total length<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of about <\/span><b>597 km.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river <\/span><b>basin lies in the rain shadow region of the Eastern Ghats.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river is <\/span><b>seasonal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, becoming a <\/span><b>torrent after the rains<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a <\/span><b>thin stream during dry periods.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Tributaries<\/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;\">The Penna River has several tributaries, most of which are <\/span><b>seasonal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Major ones include the <\/span><b>Chitravati, Papagni, Cheyyeru, and Kunderu<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> rivers.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Penna River is <\/span><b>crucial to agriculture in parts of Andhra Pradesh, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">particularly the drought-stricken<\/span><b> Rayalaseema region<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">Several <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">irrigation projects, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">such as the <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Somasila, Mylavaram, and Gandikota projects, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have been constructed to use the river\u2019s waters for farming and drinking purposes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_delhi\/issues\/148458\/OPS\/GP7ETJAEJ.1+GQFETJBEH.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Penna River is a river in southern India that flows through the states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. 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