Sabarmati River

In News 

• Gujarat’s Sabarmati river remains highly polluted despite the spending of nearly ?200 crores that the Centre had allocated to curb pollution in the river from 2014-15 to 2017-18. 

About the River 

• The Sabarmati is a seasonal river with its flows dominated by the monsoon.
• It originates from Aravalli Hills, Rajasthan and meets in the Bay of Khambhat in the Arabian sea. 
• It passes through districts like Udaipur in Rajasthan, and Aravalli, Sabarkantha, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad and Kheda in Gujarat. 
• Its length is 371 km. & total catchment area is 21,674 sq. km. 
• Tributaries 
  • Sei, Siri and Dhamni are the right bank’s tributaries and Wakal, Harnav, Hathmati, Khari, Watrak are left bank’s tributaries.

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Source:TH