Painganga River

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[[File:Painganga.jpg|thumb|Picture taken at time of Flood - July 2018]]
The '''Painganga River''' (also known as the '''Penganga River''') is the chief river of the [[Buldhana district]], [[Hingoli district]], [[Nanded district]], [[Yavatmal district]], [[Chandrapur district]] and [[Washim district]] in the [[Maharashtra]] state in [[India]]. It flows along the southeast boundaries of the district in a winding, meandering course. It is deeply entrenched and difficult to navigate. It rises in the [[Ajantha, Maharashtra|Ajantha]] range and is a major tributary of the [[Wardha River]], the other major river in the district. It is also divided [[Marathwada]] and [[Vidarbha]] near [[Umarkhed]].

There is a small railway station named after the river in the [[Washim district]].

==River course==
The total length of the river is {{convert|495|km|mi|abbr=on}}.<ref name=tel1/> The Painganga River originates in the [[Ajantha, Maharashtra|Ajantha]] ranges in [[Buldhana district|Aurangabad district]] in [[Maharashtra]]. It then flows through [[Buldhana district]] and [[Washim district]]. It flows through [[Risod]] Tehsil of [[Washim]] where it gets Kas river as the tributary near Shelgaon Rajgure village and then flows through the border of Washim and [[Hingoli district]]. Then it acts as a boundary between [[Yavatmal district]], [[Chandrapur district]] and [[Nanded district]] of Maharashtra. It then flows along the state border between [[Maharashtra]] and [[Telangana]]. It confluences with ''Pus'' river near [[Mahur, Maharashtra|Mahur]] in Nanded. The small Vidarbha river merged with Painganga river at village Deurwada near [[Wani, Maharashtra|Wani]] city of Yavatamal district and Kodsi village in [[Korpana]] taluka of [[Chandrapur district]]. There is an old Lord [[Shiva]] temple at Jugad near [[Wani, Yavatmal|Wani]] city of Yavatmal the river confluences as an island. Every year at [[Guru Purnima]] in the November month, devotees from other places visit for worship. Penganga converges into [[Wardha River]] near a small village called Wadha in [[Chandrapur]] taluka of [[Chandrapur district]].

[[Wardha River]] flows into [[Pranhita River]] which in turn flows in to [[Godavari river]],<ref name=tel1/> which finally ends into the [[Bay of Bengal]] just east of [[Rajahmundry]] in the state of [[Andhra Pradesh]].

==Tributaries==
The Painganga River's tributaries include the [[Adan River|Adan]], [[Kas River|Kas]], [[Arunavati River|Arunavati]], Kayadhu, and Pus Rivers.<ref name=tel1>[http://www.telangana360.com/2016/11/penganga-river.html Penganga river], telangana360.com, accessed 6 November 2019.</ref>

==Irrigation==
The river provides the irrigation to the [[Washim]] and [[Yavatmal]] districts in [[Maharashtra]]. There are two dams being constructed on the river, namely Upper Painganga and Lower Painganga. This dam is also known as Isapur Dam. This dam is administered by the 'Pusad' taluka. Nearby talukas are Kalamnuri, Pusad, Umarkhed and Hadgaon.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://yavatmal.nic.in/location.htm
|title = Yavatmal district
|access-date = 2007-04-13
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070713233417/http://yavatmal.nic.in/location.htm
|archive-date = 2007-07-13
}}</ref> Its tributary "Pus river" has [[Upper Pus Dam]] near [[Pusad]] town built in 1971,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf |title=Specifications of large dams in India |access-date=30 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721165130/http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf |archive-date=21 July 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Upper_Pus_(Pus)_D01030 | title=Upper Pus (Pus) D01030 | access-date=1 March 2013 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and [[Upper Pus Dam]] near [[Mahagaon, Yavatmal|Mahagaon]] built in 1983.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Lower_Pus_D02869 | title=Lower Pus D02869 | access-date=1 March 2013 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>[http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf Specifications of large dams in India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721165130/http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf |date=21 July 2011 }}</ref>

The Penganga river gets flooded in rainy and winter season and partially flooded in summer. There is a proposal of making a large dam on the Painganga River.

==See also==
* [[Sahatrakund Waterfall]]

==Notes==
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==External links==
*[http://envis.maharashtra.gov.in/notifiedrivers/wainGanga.php Classification of Waters of Wainganga, Wardha, Penganga River Basin / Sub-Basin]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[http://wikimapia.org/1691956/ Wiki map]

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[[Category:Rivers of Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Tributaries of the Godavari River]]
[[Category:Rivers of India]]

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