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programme on the river beds. The “Clean Waterways” project will

also address the preservation of forest along rivers.

South India’s Bhima River is a significant river. Before entering
the Krishna River, it travels 861 kilometres southeast through
Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Telangana. After 65 kilometres

through a narrow valley and rocky terrain, the banks widen up and
create a fertile area. It is an agricultural region with high population
density. The Bhima River rises at Bhimashankar Temple in the
Bhimashankar hills in the Pune District’s Sahyadri Taluka, which is

on the western side of the Western Ghats (19°04′03′′N 073°33′00′′E).
Bhima has numerous smaller rivers join it as tributaries as it travels
861 kilometres (535 mi) in the southeast.

It passes through the Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary before entering

Khed Taluka, where it is shortly joined by a tributary, the Aria River,
which drains into the Chas Kaman Reservoir from the right (west).
The Chas Kaman Dam, the Bhima River’s most upstream dam,
impounds the Chas Kaman Reservoir. The Kumandala River enters

from the right along the river for about 5 km below the Bhima bridge
at Chas. The distance down the river from there to Rajgurunagar, a
town on the left bank, is 8 kilometres. The Bhima River enters from
the right immediately above the settlement of Pimpalgaon on the left

bank 18 kilometres farther down the river. There are 10 miles along
the river and from there to Siddhe Gavhan. The Bhima creates the
border between Haveli Taluka on the right (south) and Shirur Taluka
on the left after leaving Khed Taluka (north). It is 14 km along the

river from the Bhima junction to the Indrayani River, which likewise
enters from the right. The town of Tulapur in the Havali Taluka is
located at the confluence on the right bank.

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