Gandaki River : 15 Year Bridge Collapsed
A 15-year-old bridge over the Gandaki River collapsed in Bihar’s Saran district recently, marking the third bridge collapse incident in the district within 24 hours.
- Gandaki River also known as the Narayani and Gandak, is one of the major rivers in Nepal and a left-bank tributary of the Ganges in India.
- It is formed by the union of the Kali and Trisuli rivers, which rise in the Great Himalaya Range in Nepal.
- From this junction to the Indian border, the river is called the Narayani.
- It flows southwest into India and then turns southeast along the Uttar Pradesh–Bihar state border and across the Indo-Gangetic Plain.
- It enters the Ganges (Ganga) Riveropposite Patna, Bihar, after a winding course of 475 miles (765 km).
- The river has a total catchment area of 46,300 sq. km, out of which 7620 sq km is located in India.
- It is bounded on the north by the Himalayas, south by the River Ganga, east by the Burhi Gandak Basin and on the west by the Ghagra Basin.
- There are about 1,710 glaciers and over 300 lakes in the upper catchment of Gandaki.
- Major Tributaries: Daraudi, Seti, Madi, Marsyandi, and Budhi Gandaki.
