{"id":67627,"date":"2026-09-21T12:41:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T07:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=67627"},"modified":"2026-09-21T13:11:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T07:41:57","slug":"damodar-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/damodar-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Damodar River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Damodar River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">River and fishery department experts in West Bengal are still unable to explain why hilsas are frequently found upstream in the Damodar River. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Damodar River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a major river of <\/span><b>eastern India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and an important <\/span><b>part of the Ganges River System.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It flows through the states of <\/span><b>Jharkhand and West Bengal.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This river is sometimes called &#8220;the <\/span><b>Sorrow of Bengal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; because it used to cause big <\/span><b>floods in the plains of West Bengal.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Course<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>originates <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from the <\/span><b>Palamau hills<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span><b>Chota Nagpur Plateau<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><b>Jharkhand<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From its source, the river <\/span><b>flows <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in a <\/span><b>southeastern direction<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, passing through the Chota Nagpur Plateau, a region known for its rich mineral deposits.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In its lower course, it <\/span><b>flows through West Bengal\u2019s plains<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is joined by several tributaries.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>meets <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>Hooghly River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at Shayampur, which is 48 km from Kolkata.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Total Length: 592 km\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Damodar basin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the <\/span><b>industrial and mineral heartland of India.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It traverses the <\/span><b>Gondwana coalfields<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 <\/span><b>Jharia, Raniganj, Bokaro, Karanpura <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Giridih <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014 which contain the bulk of India&#8217;s high-grade coking coal reserves, making the valley the foundation of the country&#8217;s iron, steel and thermal-power industries.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Tributaries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><b>Barakar River, Konar River, Jamunia River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Bokaro River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Sali River, Ghari River, Guaia River, Khadia River, Bhera River.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Damodar Valley Project:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>multipurpose river valley project<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in eastern India, developed on the Damodar River and its tributaries with objectives including <\/span><b>flood control, irrigation and power generation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project is operated by the <\/span><b>Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC),<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> an <\/span><b>undertaking of the Indian Government <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">established in July <\/span><b>1948<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was one of the first major multipurpose river valley projects undertaken in independent India.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The DVC constructed<\/span><b> dams at Tilaiya and Maithon on the Barakar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Konar on the Konar, and Panchet on the Damodar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, together with the <\/span><b>Durgapur barrage <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that feeds the Damodar Valley Canal system.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestatesman.com\/cities\/kolkata\/historically-rare-hilsas-spotted-swimming-upstream-in-damodar-1503640801.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>SM<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damodar River originates from the Palamau hills of Chota Nagpur in Jharkhand. 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