29 Oct 2024        15:24:38 pm

Geography

Mula River

Tags : Mula River

Topic: Rivers

Why in the news?

• A large number of dead fish were seen floating near Pimple Nilakh in the Mula River.
• Incidents of fish dying due to contaminated water in Mula, Pavana and Indrayani rivers is a perennial problem in the Pimpri-Chinchwad area and activists have been demanding concrete measures to prevent river pollution rather than just focusing on beautification.

Source: Hindustan Times 

About Mula River:

• It is a river in Pune, in Maharashtra state of India. 
• It is dammed near the Western Ghats at the Mulshi Dam that forms the Mulshi Lake.
• Further downstream, in Pune city, it merges with the Pawana River on the left bank and Mutha River on the right bank to form the Mula-Mutha river, which later meets the Bhima River.
• It forms the boundary between the limits of the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation and the Pune Municipal Corporation.
• It flows through the center of Pune city.

0 Comments