Machchhu River
River in Gujarat, India
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Machchhu River (Gujarati: મચ્છુ નદી, romanized: Machchhu nadi) is a river in Gujarat, India, with its origin in the Madla hills. Its basin has a maximum length of 130 km (81 mi). The total catchment area of the basin is 2,515 km2 (971 sq mi).[1] The river is also occasionally transliterated as Machhu River.
| Machchhu River | |
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 Machchhu River watershed (Interactive map) | |
| Location | |
| Country | India |
| State | Gujarat |
| Districts | Surendranagar, Rajkot, Morbi |
| Taluk | Wankaner (Morbi), Morbi (Morbi), Maliya (Morbi) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Mandav hills chotila |
| Mouth | |
• location | in the Ran of kutchh near Maliya |
| Length | 130 km (81 mi) |
| Basin size | 2,515 km2 (971 sq mi; 621,000 acres) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Beti, Asoi |
| • right | Jamburi, Benia, Machchhori, Maha |
1979 dam failure
2022 suspension bridge collapse
On 30 October 2022, a suspension bridge in the city of Morbi that crossed the river collapsed. Hundreds of people were on the bridge at the time and at least 141 people died. The accident occurred just four days after the bridge was reopened following repairs.[6]
In popular culture
In 1984, a Gujarati film named Machchu Tara Vaheta Pani starring Upendra Trivedi, Arvind Trivedi, Chandrakant Pandya, Narayan Rajgor, Minal Patel, and Kamini Bhatia was released which was directed by Vibhakar Mehta.[7]
