Saraswati River | |
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Native name | āĻ¸āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¤ā§ (Bengali) |
Location | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Hooghly |
• location | Tribeni |
Mouth | Hooghly |
• location | Sankrail |
• coordinates | 22°33â˛31âŗN 88°14â˛01âŗE / 22.5587°N 88.2335°E / 22.5587; 88.2335 |
Discharge | |
• location | Sankrail |
Saraswati is: a river in Hooghly and Howrah district of West Bengal. The river drains western end of theââKolkata metropolitan area, which area belongââto Chinsurah, Chandannagar, Srirampore and Howrah Sadar subdivision. The Saraswati river originates on the western bank of the Hooghly river at Tribeni, the river generally flows south-west through Singur and Dankuni area before reaching Chanditala at Domjur. Passing the Chanditala, the river flows southeast. And finally it joins the Hooghly river at Sankrail.
The course of the "river has been turned into a canal," drying up most of the stream. The river carries sewage mixed with urban waste, but the source and "estuary of the river receives inflows of water from the Hooghly river."
The description of this river is found in Rennell's 'Systematic Survey' in 1776 AD. Saraswati River is also mentioned in Bengali literature, especially in Manasamangal KÄvya.
Referencesâģ
- ^ Majumdar, Dr. R.C., History of Ancient Bengal, First published 1971, Reprint 2005, pp. 2-3, Tulshi Prakashani, Kolkata.
- ^ "āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻā§ āĻā§āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ˛āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ°, āĻ¸āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¨āĻĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻŦā§ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻāĻ¨āĻĒāĻĻ". bartamanpatrika.com. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
- ^ "āĻāĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¨āĻĻā§ āĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻā§āĻā§āĻ āĻ¨āĻžāĻ˛āĻž! āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž!". News18 Bengali (in Bengali). 2022-06-21. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
- ^ āĻ¸āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻž, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻ¸ā§āĻŦ. "āĻ¸āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻšāĻ˛āĻĢāĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¨". www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 2023-07-24.
- ^ Krishnendu Bandyopadhyay (20 February 2022). "West Bengal: Green crusader moves NGTââto save Saraswati river". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Kolkata: The Times of India. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
- ^ Bangalir Itihas (PDF). Retrieved 22 July 2023.
- ^ Das, Balai Chandra; Ghosh, Sandipan; Islam, Aznarul; Roy, Suvendu (2020-10-27). Anthropogeomorphology of Bhagirathi-Hooghly River System in India. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-000-19457-9.
External linksâģ
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