{"id":67627,"date":"2025-10-09T13:41:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T08:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=67627"},"modified":"2025-10-09T15:21:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T09:51:54","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;\">In what locals have described as a miraculous escape, a 65-year-old woman who was swept away by the swollen Damodar River was rescued nearly 45 km downstream in West Bengal recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Damodar River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Damodar River flows through the states of <\/span><b>Jharkhand and West Bengal.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Located in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent, it is an important <\/span><b>part of the Ganges River System.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river is also known as the<\/span><b> &#8220;Sorrow of Bengal&#8221; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">because of its <\/span><b>devastating floods in the plains of West Bengal.<\/b><\/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 <\/span><b>originates <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from the <\/span><b>Palamau hills of Chota Nagpur in Jharkhand.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From its source, the river flows in a southeastern direction, passing through the <\/span><b>Chota Nagpur Plateau,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a region known for its <\/span><b>rich mineral deposits.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In its <\/span><b>lower course<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 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=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, the Damodar River <\/span><b>meets the 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=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Total Length: 592 km<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The basin has a total catchment area of 25,820 sq.km.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Damodar River has<\/span><b> several tributaries,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barakar River<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Konar River<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jamunia River<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bokaro River<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sali River<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ghari River<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guaia River<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khadia River<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bhera River<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Damodar Valley Project:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a significant river valley project in Eastern India, implemented to supply <\/span><b>hydroelectric power to West Bengal and Bihar,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as well as to <\/span><b>prevent floods <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">effectively.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project is <\/span><b>operated by the 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 1948.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">It is situated <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">on the Konar River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the district of Hazaribagh in <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Jharkhand<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/nation\/2025\/Oct\/07\/elderly-woman-swept-away-by-damodar-river-rescued-45-km-downstream-in-west-bengal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NIE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damodar River, located in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent, is an important part of the Ganges River System. Read more about Damodar River, Origin, Course, Tributaries, Total Length, Latest News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":67597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3151,21,22,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-67627","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-damodar-river","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","11":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}