Narmada floods: Congress demands SIT probe, higher compensation

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.