{"id":68205,"date":"2025-10-11T14:05:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T08:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=68205"},"modified":"2025-10-11T15:47:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T10:17:20","slug":"kharasrota-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kharasrota-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Kharasrota River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Kharasrota River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A 59-year-old woman, Soudamini Mahala, was recently killed by a saltwater crocodile in the Kharasrota River.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Kharasrota 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>Odisha<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>tributary of the Brahmani River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>one of the major east-flowing rivers in Odisha.<\/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>Eastern Ghats <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the Keonjhar district.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river flows through Jajpur and Kendrapara districts before <\/span><b>joining the Brahmani River near the Dhamra estuary, close to the Bay of Bengal.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river <\/span><b>passes through the Bhitarkanika region<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an ecologically sensitive <\/span><b>mangrove area.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Significance:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><b> lifeline for irrigation and drinking water <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in parts of the Jajpur and Kendrapara districts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mega Drinking Water Project in Kendrapara has been a topic of local protest due to concerns about reduced water availability for agriculture.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/bhubaneswar\/womans-body-half-eaten-by-crocodile-found\/articleshow\/124364647.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kharasrota River is a tributary of the Brahmani River, one of the major east-flowing rivers in Odisha. 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