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.