Somb river rising from Shivalik hills in Yamuna Nagar is a seasonal stream. ( Log Out / Both streams in turn joins the Yamuna river at Kanalsi Yamuna Nagar. Haryana Tourism has also made log huts accommodation, tree houses, nature trails and dining facilities. South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People. There are also several ghats located along Yamuna river in Haryana where people from faraway places pay a visit during religious occasion to have a holy dip. It enters Haryana near the Kalesar forest in Yamunanagar district. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. The lakes are an important feeding and breeding ground for large number of migratory birds who arrive here every year.
Several modern scholars identify the old Ghaggar-Hakra River (of which Tangri river is a tributary) as the Sarasvati river and the Sahibi River with the Drishadvati river of Vedic period, on the banks of which Indus-Sarasvati civilisation developed. Change ). In Delhi, it is drained up with Yamuna River. Boating facilities have been made available at these lakes. [10] It has 18 gates/bays to release water. [11], This is located immediately downstream of the barrage, on the right side i.e. Titarpur barrage also serves as a bridge on NH 919. Besides this hundreds of devotees on monthly basis visit these ghats to take dip in Yamuna River on occasion of full moon (, In addition to meet increased industrial and irrigational water need, it is also learnt that water is augmented in from Hathini Kund Barrage to run about half a dozen hydro power projects built on Western Yamuna Canal and Augmentation canal.
Yamuna river basin forms the upper sub-basin of Ganga river[3] the total area of which is 35798.19 square km comprising of 47 water sheds. Learn how your comment data is processed. The pollution has been severely affecting livelihood of villagers.
[12] Haryana Forest Development Corporation is building an adventure tourism centre, with a one km long ropeway, on 45 acres of land at Masani barrage (c. Mar 2017).
The Indori river (Hindi: इन्दोरी नदी), is a rain-fed river originates from Aravalli Range from Sikar district and flows through Alwar district of Rajasthan to Rewari district of Haryana and it is the longest tributary of Sahibi River which stretches to 50 km. ( Log Out / Haryana River Map: Haryana Roads Map: Haryana Railway Map: Haryana is a state in Northern India. Destinations; Tours and Packages; Members; Join . Continued sand mining has also posed threats to new Hathini Kund Barrage[14].
In districts upstream of Delhi floodplains are extensively under pressure due to intensive farming. ( Log Out /
The river is the rain-fed and ephemeral river that flows through Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi.
Villagers feel that its industries which is making profit at the cost of their health. Two lakes, at Masani barrage flood gates and next to Nikhri village, within immediate upstream catchment of the barrage were dugout, rejuvenated and made perennial using the water from the Lal Bahadur Shastri channel of Jawahar Lal Nehru Canal from Western Yamuna Canal. Africa.
The Sahibi originates in the Mewat hills near Jitgarh and Manoharpur about 133km from Jaipur in Rajasthan. [13] During 3 months monsoon season surplus water is available from Yamuna which is brought here to create a reservoir of 15 to 20 feet high water, during dry reason the treated seawage water from Rewari and Dharuhera will be brought from this barrage. During light monsoon rainfall, the river’s flat and sandy bottom absorbs all rainwater. South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People, Location: Northwest India, Carved out of Punjab in 1st November 1966; Area: 44212 sq km. The 1977, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1988, 1993 and 1995, 1996 were flood years in the State which were mainly caused by Yamuna. The situation of Yamuna floodplains is worrisome in Haryana. [1][9] on the seasonal Sahibi river which is 120 km long and flows from Aravalli hills in Rajasthan to South Haryana and Delhi. Tourism In Haryana . The 2010 floods razed down Taje Wala barrage[16] built by Britishers. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. [3] Gurugram also dumps polluted discharge in the riverbed of Sahibi.[3]. Janak Rawal at Panipat with his groups often organizes awareness campaigns against dry and polluted Yamuna. Yamuna: Yamuna River forms the eastern boundary of Haryana with Uttar Pradesh. Mass bathing events on occasion of Makar Shankranti, Somvati Amavasya, Ganga Dashara are held in Yamuna particularly at Panipat & Sonipat. Villagers along river Yamuna mentions of 1978, 1988, 2010 & 2013 floods as biggest floods in their memory. It is closely associated with Mughal rulers. Thapana though a very small stream, mostly flows round the river feeding the Yamuna river in Yamuna Nagar district. Similarly the unchecked pollution from Drain Number 2 in Panipat has also played havoc with the everyday lives of hundreds of villagers settled along the drain. Surender Singh Memorial Herbal Park, Kairu, Department of Economic and Statistical Analysis, Haryana, Department of Industries & Commerce, Haryana, Department of Industrial Training & Vocational Education, Haryana, Department of Institutional Finance & Credit Control, Haryana, Department of Labour & Employment, Haryana, Department of Land records & Consolidation, Haryana, Department of Revenue and Disaster Management, Haryana, Department of Elementary Education, Haryana, Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited, Haryana State Directorate of Archaeology & Museums, Haryana State Legal Services Authority, Haryana, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Masani_barrage&oldid=987773496, Articles with dead external links from March 2020, Articles with permanently dead external links, Wikipedia articles in need of updating from May 2019, All Wikipedia articles in need of updating, All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Gurugram: (Sikanderpur, Mohammadpur Jharsa, 12 Biswa haveli in Gurgaon gaon, Mahalwala haveli in 8 Biswa of Gurgaon gaon), This page was last edited on 9 November 2020, at 04:24.