{"id":80052,"date":"2025-12-28T13:14:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T07:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=80052"},"modified":"2025-12-29T15:38:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T10:08:21","slug":"dhasan-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/dhasan-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Dhasan River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Dhasan River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Principal Bench, New Delhi, recently dismissed an appeal challenging the cancellation of environmental clearance granted for sand mining in the river Dhasan in Jhansi district.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Dhasan 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 <\/span><b>right bank tributary of the Betwa <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">River, <\/span><b>which itself is a tributary of the Yamuna.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It flows in the <\/span><b>Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Uttar Pradesh.<\/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;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river <\/span><b>originates <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Begumganj tehsil of Raisen district in <\/span><b>Madhya Pradesh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river forms the southeastern boundary of the Lalitpur District of Uttar Pradesh state.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>The total length<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the river is <\/span><b>365 km<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, out of which <\/span><b>240 km lies in Madhya Pradesh, 54 km common boundary between Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>71 km in Uttar Pradesh.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river was <\/span><b>known as the Dasharna in the ancient period. <\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Lehchura Dam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is built on this river. It is primarily an<\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\"> irrigation dam <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">providing water for agricultural use via the <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Dhasan Canal System (DCS).<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/cities\/lucknow-news\/sand-mining-in-dhasan-river-in-jhansi-ngt-rejects-plea-challenging-cancellation-of-clearance-101766847492619-amp.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dhasan River, a right-bank tributary of the Betwa, flows through Bundelkhand in MP and UP, originating in Raisen district and spanning 365 km. 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