| Brahmani River | |
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| Country | India |
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| State | Orissa |
| Source | Confluence of South Koel River and Sankh River |
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| Mouth | Bay of Bengal |
The Brahmani is a major seasonal river in the Orissa state of Eastern India. The Brahmani is formed by the confluence of the Sankh and South Koel rivers, and flows through the districts of Sundargarh, Kendujhar, Dhenkanal, Cuttack and Jajapur.[1] Together with the rivers Mahanadi and Baitarani, it forms a large delta before entering into the Bay of Bengal at Dhamra.
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The Brahmani is formed by the confluence of the rivers South Koel and Sankh near the major industrial town of Raurkela at 22 15'N and 84 47' E. The Sankh has its origins near the Jharkhand-Chhatisgarh border, not far from the Netarhat Plateau. The South Koel too arises in Jharkhand, near Lohardaga, on the other side of a watershed that also gives rise to the Damodar River. Both of these sources are in the Chota Nagpur Plateau. The site of the Brahmani's origin is mythologically reputed to be the place where Sage Parashara fell in love with the fisherman's daughter, Satyavati who later gave birth to Ved Vyasa, the compiler of the Mahabharata. The place is thus called Ved Vyasa.[2]
After assuming the name of Brahmani, the river crosses the Tamra and Jharbera forests, skirting along National Highway 23. It then passes the town of Bonaigarh in Angul district before being dammed at Rengali. A large reservoir of the same name is created as a consequence. It then flows through the cities of Talcher and Dhenkanal before splitting up into two streams. The main stream flows by the town of Jajapur Road beyond which it is crossed by National Highway 5 and the Kolkata-Chennai mainline of East Coast Railway. The branch stream called Kimiria receives the waters of the Birupa (a distributary of the Mahanadi, Kelo and Genguti before re joining the main stream at Indupur. The river then receives the Kharsua, on its left bank before merging with the Baitarani, a major river, to form the Dhamra estuary. A distributary called Maipara branches off here to join the Bay of Bengal a short distance away while the main stream proceeds northward for a few km more before ultimately meeting the sea near Chandbali at Palmyras Point. The Brahmani delta is the site of the Bhitarkanika wildlife sanctuary, famous for its estuarine crocodiles.[3]
At about 480 km long, the Brahmani is the second longest river in Orissa after the Mahanadi. However if its constituent rivers are included its length extends to about 799 km, 541 of which is in Orissa. It has a catchment area of about 39,033 km2 in Orissa alone.[4]
Apart from the Rengali dam mentioned above, there also exists a barrage shortly before Talcher called Samal Barrage. The Jokadia and the Jenapur anicuts are the other irrigation projects on the river. Near its mouth, the river is also crossed by the Orissa Coast Canal that takes water from it.[5]
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SAD OF COSTAL VILLAGE This river goes down to BAY OF BENGAL,touching village Ramachandrapur,rampur,rajatota,anikana,benjarapur,serpur,anyaspur,kaipada, krushnanagar,gamu etc which are under JAJPUR district.every year more than 10000hecters o crops are damaged during flood.the poor farmers are unable to grow with this tendency of nature.One project was started in 1996 to protect this water,for villages like,krushnanagar,serpur,anikana,gamu,mitrasanpur,but still that was under process.the higher authorities should be noticed these things & do the needful.so that the poor farmers can be saved.
