Shivnath River

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| mouth = Mahanadi

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Shivnath River (or Seonath River) is the longest tributary of the Mahanadi River,{{Cite web |title=Mahanadi River {{!}} Description, Map, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Mahanadi-River |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}} which joins Changori in the Janjgir-Champa district in Chhattisgarh, India. It has a total course of {{convert|290|km|mi}}. The name comes from the god Shiva{{Cite web |title=Shiva {{!}} Definition, Forms, God, Symbols, Meaning, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Shiva |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}} in Hinduism.

Sources

Shivnath originates from Godari village in Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra, and flows northeast for 300 kms then joins the Mahanadi river near the town Shivrinarayan in Chhattisgarh. Some record origination at Panabaras Hill, {{convert|624|m|ft}} above sea level in the Ambagarh Chowki division of Rajnandgaon District of Chhattisgarh.

Course

The river flows in the northeast direction for {{convert|300|km}} from its source then joins the Mahanadi River at Changori near the town Shivrinarayan.{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1051123/asp/ranchi/story_5508511.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526054245/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1051123/asp/ranchi/story_5508511.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 May 2011|title=Trade treaty trauma on nature - River activist apprehends WTO air strike in globalised world|website=Telegraphindia.com|accessdate=8 October 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mapsofindia.com/chhattisgarh/geography/shivnath-river.html|title=Shivnath River|website=Mapsofindia.com|accessdate=8 October 2017|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224212534/http://www.mapsofindia.com/chhattisgarh/geography/shivnath-river.html|archivedate=24 February 2012}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZKs1gBhJSWIC&q=sondur+reservoir&pg=RA1-PA607|title=Hydrology and Water Resources of India|author=Sharad K. Jain|author2=Pushpendra K. Agarwal|author3=Vijay P. Singh|date=16 May 2007|isbn=9781402051807|accessdate=8 October 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://hindi.indiawaterportal.org/node/38510|title=Rivers of Chhattisgarh / छत्तीसगढ़ की नदियां - इंडिया वाटर पोर्टल (हिन्दी)|website=Hindi.indiawaterportal.org|accessdate=8 October 2017}}

File:Shivnath River view from railway bridge near Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh 002.jpg

Sale

The river was sold by the government of Madhya Pradesh to Radius Water Limited in 1998, to much controversy by locals.{{cite web|url=http://www.indiawaterportal.org/articles/15-year-old-battle-shivnath-river-still-rages|title=The 15-year old battle for the Shivnath river still rages!|author=Makarand Purohit|work=India Water Portal|date=June 3, 2013}} Arvind Kejriwal discussed this controversy in his book Swaraj.

References

Category:Rivers of Chhattisgarh

Category:Tributaries of the Mahanadi River