{"id":372875,"date":"2026-09-29T17:24:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T11:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=372875"},"modified":"2026-09-29T17:24:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T11:54:23","slug":"indrayani-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indrayani-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Indrayani River"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong>As part of the Seva Sankalp initiative, the National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA) organised a stakeholder consultation on Emergency Action Plans (EAPs) and emergency preparedness at Lonavala and Bhushi Dams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Indrayani River<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_372876\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-372876\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-372876\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ndrayani-River-and-the-sampling-locations-Pune-District-0-40-km.webp?resize=300%2C138&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Indrayani River\" width=\"300\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ndrayani-River-and-the-sampling-locations-Pune-District-0-40-km.webp?resize=300%2C138&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ndrayani-River-and-the-sampling-locations-Pune-District-0-40-km.webp?resize=768%2C352&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ndrayani-River-and-the-sampling-locations-Pune-District-0-40-km.webp?w=850&amp;ssl=1 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-372876\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Research gate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Indrayani River<\/strong> is a <strong>rain-fed river<\/strong> through <strong>Maharashtra.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin:<\/strong> It originates at <strong>Kurvande village near Lonavala, in the North Western Ghats<\/strong> and flows towards east to meet <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bhima-river\/\">Bhima River<\/a> near Tulapur, Pune.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Length:<\/strong> It covers a <strong>total distance of 105.3 km.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tribuatary of:<\/strong> It is a tributary of the<strong> Bhima River.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Associated Pilgrimage sites:<\/strong> It flows through<strong> two pilgrimage centres namely Dehu and Alandi, so it is respected as a sacred river <\/strong>which related with<strong> great Saints such as <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-the-sant-tukaram-temple-and-its-significance\/\">Saint Tukaram Maharaj<\/a> and Dnyaneshwar Maharaj.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It also passes t<strong>hrough the industrial town of Pimpri-Chinchwad.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Associated Dam:<\/strong> <strong>Valvan dam, Lonavala and <span id=\"\" role=\"button\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjf5oitpJOXAxV2RmwGHaKCC9EQqdYPegoIAggACAAIDBAD\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 500; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);\">Bhushi Dam <\/span><\/strong><span id=\"\" role=\"button\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjf5oitpJOXAxV2RmwGHaKCC9EQqdYPegoIAggACAAIDBAD\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 500; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);\">are <\/span>situated on the river and its tributaries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Lonavala Dam and Bhushi Dam<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lonavala Dam and Bhushi Dam<\/strong> both are situated within the <strong>Indrayani River system.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>They were constructed in<strong> late 1860s for the Great Indian Peninsular Railway<\/strong> as a wellspring of water for their steam motors.\n<ul>\n<li>Water from the dam was <strong>conveyed to Lonavala, Khandala and the switching station of the railroads by cast-press funnels.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Bhusi Dam \u00a0collects water from the<strong> Indrayani River and its tributaries<\/strong> and releases it through a series of steps that create a waterfall-like effect.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: As part of the Seva Sankalp initiative, the National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA) organised a stakeholder consultation on Emergency Action Plans (EAPs) and emergency preparedness at Lonavala and Bhushi Dams. About Indrayani River Indrayani River is a rain-fed river through Maharashtra. Origin: It originates at Kurvande village near Lonavala, in the North Western Ghats&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indrayani-river\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Indrayani 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":[1566,11209,12039,11211],"tags":[11872,3590],"class_list":["post-372875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372875","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=372875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372875\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}