{"id":353986,"date":"2026-01-14T16:26:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T10:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=353986"},"modified":"2026-01-14T16:26:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T10:56:55","slug":"mithi-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/mithi-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Mithi River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The Mithi river flowing through Mumbai has became a national symbol of urban vulnerability after the devastating floods that claimed over 1,000 lives in 2005.<\/p>\n<h2>About Mithi River<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 188px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tse3.mm.bing.net\/th\/id\/OIP.JHbpqFyzfYHr1EJV13Ue4wAAAA?rs=1&amp;pid=ImgDetMain&amp;o=7&amp;rm=3\" alt=\"Mithi River\" width=\"188\" height=\"210\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: mediaradiosai<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Location:<\/strong> The Mithi River is one of the four rivers flowing through<strong> the city of Mumbai.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Origin: <\/strong>The river originates from the overflow of the <strong>Vihar Lake<\/strong> and also receives the <strong>overflows from the Powai Lake<\/strong>, about 2 km downstream.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Length and end:<\/strong> It flows for approximately 18 km before<strong style=\"font-weight: 400\"> meeting the Arabian Sea at Mahim Creek.<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The river <strong>passes through densely populated residential areas<\/strong> and major industrial zones of Mumbai.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Importance of River:<\/strong> The Mithi River <strong>plays a crucial role as a natural stormwater drainage system for Mumbai.<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It helps <strong>control flooding in a low-lying coastal city<\/strong> that receives heavy monsoon rainfall.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The<strong> river and its mangroves support a fragile estuarine ecosystem<\/strong> and protect the city from tidal flooding.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Current condition of river:<\/strong> The Mithi River <strong>currently functions more like a sewage drain<\/strong> than a natural river. <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Powai Lake<\/strong>\u00a0has <strong>pollution levels far above safe limits<\/strong> and has been declared unfit for drinking.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Mithi river flowing through Mumbai has became a national symbol of urban vulnerability after the devastating floods that claimed over 1,000 lives in 2005. About Mithi River Location: The Mithi River is one of the four rivers flowing through the city of Mumbai. Origin: The river originates from the overflow of the Vihar&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/mithi-river\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mithi River<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,11209,12039],"tags":[11872,10500],"class_list":["post-353986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353986\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}