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With an abundant supply of water but poor sewage collection and

control, has contaminated all the Bhima’s tributaries Mula, Mutha,
Indrayani, and Pawana.

The following contaminated river segments are listed:

a. Indrayani River is facing contamination from location of Dehu

stretch to its confluence with Bhima at Tulapur (near Pune).

b. The Pawana River is facing contamination from location from
Kadadhe to the Sangvi Gaon near Pune, where it meets the Mula
River.

c. The Bhima River (with its tributaries, the Mula and Mutha) from
Vithhalwadi to Takli, which is located downstream of Pune.

In the research region, there are two Vithalwadis. The Vithalwadi that
the Central Pollution Control Board is referring to is on the Mutha

River, not the Bhima River.

1. Vithhalwadi on the banks of the Mutha River

2. The Mula-Mutha River and Sangameshwar, where it meets Bhima
(near Pargaon)

3. The source of the Bhima River and its course up to Sangameshwar
(including additional Vithhalwadi, Takli-Bhima, etc.) are close to
Pargaon, where the Bhima River meets the Mula-Mutha River.

The Bhima River rises in Bhimashankar, 945 metres above sea level,

close to Karjat on the western side of the Western Ghats. The Bhima
River spans the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Telangana for
745 kilometres to the southeast. Bhima River in Maharashtra has a
length of 451 km and a drainage area of 48,853 km2. It combines

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