Narmada floods: Congress demands SIT probe, higher compensation
- September 29, 2023
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Narmada floods: Congress demands SIT probe, higher compensation
Subject : Geography
Context: Calling the flood like situation in parts of Narmada, Bharuch and Vadodara districts a “manmade Calamity”
Narmada:
- The Narmada, the largest west flowing river of the Peninsula, rises near Amarkantak range of mountains in Madhya Pradesh.
- It is the fifth largest river in the country and the largest one in Gujarat.
- It traverses Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat and meets the Gulf of Cambay.