Protests Against Pollution In The Ulhas River : Maharashtra
Taking serious note of citizen activists’ protests against pollution in the Ulhas River, the Maharashtra State Government during a special meeting recently, decided to remove water hyacinth from the Ulhas River within the next 15 days.
- Ulhas River is one of the west flowing Rivers in Maharashtra falling into the Arabian Sea.
- It rises from the Sahyadri hill ranges in the Raigad district of Maharashtra at an elevation of 600 meters above M.S.L.
- The total length of this west-flowing river from its origin to its outfall into the Arabian Sea is 122 km.
- The boundary of the basin consists of the main Sahyadri hills on the east, westerly offshoots on the north and south and on the west, a narrow opening at the end leading to the sea.
- The Ulhas drains an area of 4,637 sq km, which lies completely in Maharashtra. The Thane, Raigad, and Pune districts fall in the basin.
- The important tributaries of the Ulhas River are Pej, Barvi, Bhivapuri, Murbari, Kalu, Shari, Bhasta, Salpe, Poshir and Shilar.
- The Kalu and Bhasta are the major right bank tributaries, which together account for 7% of the total catchment area of Ulhas.
- The estuary of Ulhas houses several historical ports of Kalyan, Kopri, and Shurparaka.
