Dhasan River:
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Principal Bench, New Delhi, recently dismissed an appeal challenging the cancellation of environmental clearance granted for sand mining in the river Dhasan in Jhansi district.
- It is a right bank tributary of the Betwa River, which itself is a tributary of the Yamuna.
- It flows in the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
- The river originates in Madhya Pradesh and forms the southeastern boundary of the Lalitpur District of Uttar Pradesh.
- The river was known as the Dasharna in the ancient period.
- Lehchura Dam is built on this river. It is primarily an irrigation dam providing water for agricultural use via the Dhasan Canal System (DCS).
