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	Mahanadi River -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Mahanadi River is a river of eastern (A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947) India.
		The Mahanadi rises in the (additional info and facts about Satpura Range) Satpura Range of central India, and flows east to the (An arm of the Indian Ocean east of India) Bay of Bengal.
		The Mahanadi drains most of the state of (additional info and facts about Chhattisgarh) Chhattisgarh and much of (State in eastern India on the Bay of Bengal) Orissa.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/mahanadi_river.htm (114 words)

	MAHANADI - LoveToKnow Article on MAHANADI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Since the opening of the Bengal-Nagpur railway, the Mahanadi is little used for navigation.
		In the dry weather the discharge of the Mahanadi dwindles to I I25 cub.
		Each of the three branches into which the parent stream splits at the delta head is regulated by a weir.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MA/MAHANADI.htm (435 words)

	:: Welcome To Chilika Lagoon - About Chilika
		The first is the deltaic drainage of the Mahanadi river system into the lake via rivers of more recent origin including Bhargavi, Daya, Nuna, Makra etc. which contributes the major part of the freshwater and silt input to the lagoon.
		While the distributaries of the Mahanadi contribute 75% (2,75,297 tonnes), the rivers/ streams from the western catchment are responsible for only 25% (90,203 tonnes) of the silt load in to the lagoon.
		The Chilika catchment area (excluding Mahanadi drainage) is estimated at 3211 sq km of which 37% is arable, 32% fellow, 26% forests and 5% wasteland.
	www.chilika.com /about.htm (4617 words)

	Madhya Pradesh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Mahanadi itself, together with its tributaries such as Hasdeo, Mand and Kharun flows southeast into Orissa and converts that State into a green rice bowl.
		The upper Mahanadi catchment contains some of the finest forests in the State, ranging from mixed deciduous to teak, bamboo and Sal.
		Just as the Mahanadi flows east from the Maikal hills and the Son flows north, the mighty Narmada charts a westerly course from these very hills.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Madhya_Pradesh (2281 words)

	SAMBALPUR - LoveToKnow Article on SAMBALPUR
		The town is on the left bank of the river Mahanadi, 495 ft. above sea-level, the terminus of a branch of the Bengal-Nagpur railway.
		The Mahanadi, which is the only important river, divides it into unequal parts.
		The Mahanadi affords means of water communication for 90 m.; its principal tributaries in Sambalpur are the Ib, Kelo and Jhira.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SA/SAMBALPUR.htm (399 words)

	Raipur District: Madhya Pradesh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Mahanadi is the principal river of this district its tributaries being Sendur, Pairy, Sondur, Joan, Kharun and Shivnath.
		Mahanadi crosses the district diagonally from its south western corner to northern bounaries.
		The area to the west of the river comprising the North Eastern part of Dhamtari(now seperated from the Raipur District), the whole of Raipur, Rajim Tehsil and the western part of Baloda Bazar Tehsil is a part of the open Chhatisgarh plain, gently sloping, thickly populated and closely cultivated and almost devoid of forests.
	www.techno-preneur.net /bisnet/states/mp23.htm (652 words)

	Raipur City Guide
		The district occupies the south eastern part of the upper Mahanadi valley and the bordering hills in the south and the east.
		Mahanadi is the principal river of this district.
		Mahanadi crosses the district diagonally from its south western corner to Northern boundaries.
	www.indnav.com /servlet/Browse?mt=goTo&fId=23 (1742 words)

	Mahanadi on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Hirakud Dam, at Sambalpur, is the world's largest earthen dam and supports several hydroelectric plants.
		The Mahanadi irrigates a fertile valley whose chief crops are rice, oilseed, and sugarcane.
		Consultants are invited to supervise various railway projects including construction of second railway bridge across the river Mahanadi in Cuttack.(India)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/M/Mahanadi.asp (277 words)

	Orissa floods: 21 dead, 3 million affected
		Eleven people drowned in the floods, seven died in wall collapses and three deaths were caused by snake bites.
		Floods in neighbouring Chhatisgarh, from where the Mahanadi originates, have increased the inflows into the Hirakud reservoir forcing the authorities to open 36 sluice gates to release over 600,000 cusecs of water into the river.
		The good news is that it has stopped raining in both upper and lower catchment areas of the Mahanadi.
	www.rediff.com /news/2003/sep/03oris.htm (224 words)

	Yamuna, Rivers In India
		Mahanadi river in central India, rising in the hills of southeastern Madhya Pradesh state.
		Below the dam the Mahanadi turns south along a tortuous course, piercing the Eastern Ghats through a forest-clad gorge.
		The great river of Mahanadi follows a total course of 560 miles i.e.900-km and has an estimated drainage area of 51,000 square miles (132,100-sq-km).
	www.indiantravelportal.com /orissa/rivers/mahanadi.html (259 words)

	Orissa, Cuttack travel information guide, places to see, Sanctuary, National Parks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The legendary engineering skills of the ancient Orissans are not only featured in their wonderful temples but also can be seen in the 11th century AD stone embankments on the Kathjori river.
		The ruins of the Barabati fort, on the bank of the Mahanadi, evoke memories of bygone days, while the fort's location is home to a modern stadium which rings with the sounds of sports events and cultural programmes today.
		It is situated in a rocky island in the Mahanadi river and can be approached from the village Gopinathpur in the Cuttack dist. It is also one of the earliest standing temples of Orissa and it shows close affinities both in art and architecture with the earliest group of standing temples.
	www.travelmasti.com /domestic/orissa/cuttack.htm (772 words)

	Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The greater portion is an open plain of considerable fertility drained by the Danta and the Jira, the two tributaries of Mahanadi.
		Ambabhona is a fairly level tract sloping down from the hills to the river Mahanadi and is under close cultivation.
		The river Mahanadi formed a lake in geological times to the north of the this range till in burst and the lake emptied.
	bargarh.nic.in /intro.htm (1405 words)

	Floods Devastate India's Orissa State (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Exacerbating the situation, on Wednesday (July 18) officials had to open dam floodgates on the Mahanadi River, sending millions of gallons of water racing toward low-lying villages and farmland.
		Mahanadi, the main river in the eastern state, and its tributaries have already breached their banks at 15 places in six districts.
		Some 312,000 hectares of crops have been devastated by the floods, ironically, in a region that was suffering from drought prior to this year's monsoons.
	www.redcross.org /news/in/india/010719orissa.html (727 words)

	The Hindu : No let-up in Orissa floods
		As relief operations were hampered in Cuttack, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara and Jajpur districts owing to heavy downpour, life continued to be difficult for lakhs of people in the flood-hit areas for the fourth consecutive day, with little hope of the floodwater receding.
		The quantum of water flowing through the Naraj gauge station near Cuttack was likely to cross the 10 lakh cusecs mark tomorrow as it continued to rain in the catchment areas of the Mahanadi in Chhattisgarh as well as the lower catchment areas in the State.
		The Water Resources Secretary, Bijay Patnaik, said that although floodwater had receded a bit, the Mahanadi and its tributaries were flowing above the danger level at various places in the coastal districts.
	www.hindu.com /2003/09/03/stories/2003090301541300.htm (529 words)

	indiavarta.com - Travel
		Picturesquely set astride the confluence of Mahanadi and Tel rivers, this small but nicely laid out town is an antique land, which attracts pilgrims, historians and scholars in large number.
		Though a place of many splendours while in Sonepur one must not miss the two Ms: the Mandirs (Temples) and the Mahanadi river which down the ages have immensely contributed to the prosperity, beauty and poetry of Sonepur.
		As the first rays of the sun set the gently flowing Mahanadi afire, the Ghats come alive with people from all walks of life — each performing rituals which were done centuries ago.
	www.indiavarta.com /travel/23feb.asp (1042 words)

	Paradip, Orissa.
		Incidents of dead fish found in the river have been on the rise, even as far away as Barunai and Satbhaya villages, both of which are inside the limits of the Gahirmata Sanctuary.
		Fishermen from the fishing villages located near the Mahanadi river mouth have been complaining about a drastic fall in fish catch, since the last three years, due to pollution from this unit.
		The discharges flow into the Mahanadi river whose mouth is near the Paradip port.
	www.greenpeace.org /india/news/bahut-ho-gaya-greenpeace-and/paradip-orissa (592 words)

	Deccan Herald News page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The State is currently having one major dam on river Mahanadi at Hirakud in Sambalpur district which has repeatedly proved inadequate to handle the lakhs of cusec of flood waters that flow through Mahanadi every monsoon.
		The state government is also planning to strengthen the embankments on river Mahanadi and a Rupees 104 crore proposal in this regard was submitted to the government of India recently, last week to be precise.
		The 20-year-old youth was standing on the river embankment of Mahanadi along with hundreds of his co-villagers watching the over flowing river when a boat carrying seven persons including a few state government officials and personnel from Indo-Tibet Border Police(ITBT) capsized.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/sep14/sl1.asp (1342 words)

	Floods alert in Orissa - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The major rivers which are on the rise are Mahanadi and its tributary Kathjori, Brhamni, Baitarani, Vamsadhara, Budhabalanga and Subernarekha.
		According to reports available in the state revenue control room here, though the rainfall had reduced in the upper catchment area of Hirkud dam on the river Mahanadi, the biggest river in Orissa, there has been an increase in rainfall in the lower catchment areas of the important dam.
		As a result, the water level in river Mahanadi and its tributaries are expected to rise further.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/aug122004/n4.asp (464 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Nation
		All the rivers including the Mahanadi, the Kathajodi and the Kushabhadra had already fallen below their respective danger levels though the Devi, which played havoc, was still flowing much above the red mark, according to official sources.
		A serious situation had developed near Paradip last night as the flooded Mahanadi, trying to cope with the new arrival of over 14 lakh cusecs of water at Naraj delta head yesterday morning, faced stiff resistance at the river mouth in discharging against the high tide.
		The Mahanadi at Cuttack (Jobra) was flowing at 21.69 metres against the red mark of 21.94 metres this morning while the Kathajodi on the other side of the city at Belle Vue was now flowing below the danger mark.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2001/20010722/nation.htm (3564 words)

	FoodRelief.org: Food Relief in Orissa after the Super Cyclone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The water level of the Mahanadi river has crossed the danger mark and with the river expected to be in high tide over the next few days, there is now a danger of the entire district being swept away.
		The district is encircled on three sides by Mahanadi and its branch Kathajodi, which also crossed the danger mark on Monday.
		Over the next two days, the Mahanadi is expected to be on high tide further submerging the district.
	www.foodrelief.org /report4.htm (415 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Half of the state's 30 districts have been hit by the rising waters and state authorities have pressed the army and navy into service for rescue and relief operations, they added.
		Orissa's chief administrator Pratip Kumar Mohanty described the situation as "grave", stating there had been an average 70 mm (2.75 inches) rainfall on the state's main Mahanadi river, upstream of the Hirakud Dam, during last 24 hours.
		He said rising levels were going to trigger another spell of high floods in Mahanadi system, adding that the meteorologists had forecast 26 to 50 mm rainfall on the upper Mahanadi for Wednesday.
	www.dailynews.lk /2003/09/04/wor01.html (351 words)

	The first portal of Orissa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		While 5,098,000 cusecs of water of Mahanadi was flowing at Khairamal, 7,054,385 cusecs water was flowing at Mundali.
		At Jobra, the Mahanadi water stood at 21.17 metres while water level of Devi at Alipingal and Tel river at Patharala were nearing danger mark.
		As per the report the water level of Mahanadi is expected to rise further by Friday.
	www.orissa.net /news?NewsID=17045 (370 words)

	RIL strikes fresh gas in Mahanadi river basin
		Reliance Industries Ltd has reported a new commercial natural gas find in the shallow waters of the Mahanadi basin off the Orissa coast.
		The find is estimated to be about four times bigger than the Hazira field of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation in Gujarat, which had reserves of 0.7 trillion cubic feet of gas before it started production.
		Dry gas is essentially the one that is not accompanied by crude oil.
	www.rediff.com /money/2005/jul/01ril1.htm (442 words)

	Knowledge :: States of India :: Orissa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The state consists of an extensive plateau in the interior which gradually slopes to form a wide coastal plain along the Bay of Bengal.
		Three important rivers, the Mahanadi, the Brahmani and the Vaitarani flow through the state in a southeasterly direction before meeting the sea.
		The Hirakud dam built on the Mahanadi near Sambalpur is one of the world's longest dams.
	www.dimdima.com /knowledge/state.asp?tit=Orissa (280 words)

	MAHANADI WILDLIFE DIVISION, PHULBANI
		Padmatola RF and Arakhpadar RF in Boudh District, Mahanadi RF and Baisipalli RF in Nayagarh District.
		The Division area is situated South of the river Mahanadi consisting of Baisipalli Sanctuary and Satkosia WL Sanctuary South of the river Mahanadi.
		The entire area is dissected by a number of nallas, streams and rivulets draining into the Mahanadi River system, which finally drains into the River Mahanadi.
	kandhamal.nic.in /km-for/wild.htm (698 words)

	Species Accounts: ggang.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Gharial are restricted to the northern part of the Indian subcontinent where they were found in four river systems: the Indus (Pakistan), the Ganges (India and Nepal), the Mahanadi (India) and the Brahmaputra (Bangladesh, India and Bhutan).
		Population modelling under different assumptions suggested that the Chambal population may be self-sustaining but smaller populations in the Mahanadi and other localities require continued replenishment.
		Major recommendations derived from this analysis were the preparation of a National Management Plan, continuous monitoring of protected and restocked populations, an analysis of genetic diversity and the effects of a bottleneck in the founder stock, increased public education and the continuation of restocking.
	www.flmnh.ufl.edu /natsci/herpetology/act-plan/ggang.htm (1398 words)

	The Hindu Business Line : Orissa demands free power from Mahanadi Coalfields' project
		In an unprecedented move, the Orissa Government has placed a demand for 12 per cent free power from a generation project proposed by Coal India Ltd (CIL) as part of its plans to diversify into power generation.
		Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd's (MCL), a subsidiary of CIL, is in talks with Orissa Government for setting up a 2,000-MW thermal power plant.
		However, during the negotiations, the State Government came up with the demand for 12 per cent of the power generated by the plant free of cost, as is done in the case of hydel power generation.
	www.thehindubusinessline.com /2005/10/26/stories/2005102602830700.htm (610 words)

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