{"id":90235,"date":"2026-02-27T13:21:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T07:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=90235"},"modified":"2026-02-27T13:59:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T08:29:39","slug":"indravati-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/indravati-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Indravati River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Indravati River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two Maoists were recently killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh\u2019s Bijapur district during an anti-Naxal operation along the Indravati river belt.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Indravati River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>tributary of the Godavari <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">River.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Course<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>rises <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the Kalahandi district of <\/span><b>Odisha <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the<\/span><b> western slopes of the Eastern Ghats.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>flows westwards <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to<\/span><b> join the Godavari,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> thus <\/span><b>forming the boundary between Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> states at some places.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Most of the River Course <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of Indravati is through <\/span><b>dense forests of Bastar District, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chhattisgarh.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is sometimes known as the <\/span><b>&#8220;lifeline&#8221; of the Bastar District,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is known as one of the <\/span><b>greenest districts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in India.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Total Length: 535 km<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The famous <\/span><b>`Chitrakoot` falls (known as the \u201cNiagara of India\u201d)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> form on the Indravati River, some 40 km from Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a famous wildlife sanctuary named <\/span><b>Indravati National Park<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on its bank.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Tributaries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><b>Bhaskel <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">River, <\/span><b>Narangi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> River, <\/span><b>Nimbra <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">River, Kotri River, Bandia River, and Nandiraj River.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/raipur\/2-maoists-killed-in-encounter-near-indravati-river-in-chhattisgarh-arms-recovered\/articleshow\/128803273.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>TOI<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indravati River is a tributary of the Godavari River. 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