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| Vaitarna | |
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 Vaitarna River, view from Silent Hill Resort | |
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| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Trimbakeshwar, Nashik |
| • location | Maharashtra |
| Mouth | Arabian Sea |
• location | Palghar district,Maharashtra |
| Length | 154 km (96 mi)approx. |
TheVaitarna River (IAST:Vaitarṇā, pronunciation:[ʋəit̪əɾɳaː]) is a river inNashik andPalghar district ofMaharashtra. TheTansa is its left bank tributary and thePinjal,Dehraja, andSurya its right bank tributaries. Upper stretches of the Vaitarna are clean but in lower stretches discharge of untreated industrial and civic waste makes the Vaitarnaone of the most polluted rivers in India.[1]
It originates in Sahyadri mountain ranges near Trimbakeshwar. The Vaitarna is just 2 km away from India’s second longest river, the Godavari. Vaitarna has a confluence with theTansa just before it enters theArabian Sea.Jhow andWadhiv islands lie in its estuary.Arnala Island lies off its mouth. It has three major dams which supply water to Mumbai.
The Vaitarna supplies much of Mumbai's drinking water. It is the largest river in the Northern Konkan region and drainsMaharashtra's whole Palghar district.
TheSS Vaitarna, a steamship, was named after the river. On 8 November 1888, with hundreds of passengers on board, the ship went missing in the1888 Arabian Sea cyclone during a crossing fromMandvi toBombay. The ship was nicknamedVijli orBijli, literally electricity, as it was lit with electric bulbs.[2] The missing ship has also been called the "Titanic of Gujarat".[3][4][5]
A railway bridge over the river has been in the news for a number of people losing their life while crossing it.[6]
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