Devi River
Devi river is one of the principal
Course
The river forms the final part of a great network of
The river is navigable till Machgaon by small sloops. It is one of the best tidal channels in Orissa, but, yet big vessels can not enter the river upstream due to a large sediment of sand in the mouth of the river.[5] Two fishermen were killed and two injured when a boat capsized near Astarang in the Devi River on 13 May 1988.[6]
Turtle rookery
The mouth of the Devi river serves as a nesting ground for
Water Pollution
Devi_Kandal island people are suffering a lot due to the river water pollution of Devi & Kandal rivers caused due to the surge of huge amount of untreated drain water from Cuttack municipality region. On the other hand, both the rivers are being distributaries of Kathajodi river get very less water supply due to the obstruction of a concrete wall made on the mouth or initial points of both the rivers at Naraj. It is done for keeping more water reserved for industrial houses.
In such a situation lesser water flow largely polluted by nasty drain water of Cuttack city makes the water of both the rivers very poisonous. As a result, one can observe drastic reduction in many species of fishes and other water animals in these rivers. The fisherman community are worst suffering for the reason. Common man, who use the water for bathing, cleaning clothes and agriculture purposes are getting too little water for it and also getting affected by various water borne skin diseases & jaundice etc. The ground water level in the region drastically goes down in summers as it depends upon the level and quantity of water in these rivers.[citation needed]
References
- ^ A History of British India By William Wilson Hunter, Paul Ernest Roberts
- ^ "Orissa flood Sitrep" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
- ^ Manmohan Mohanti. "Mahanadi River Delta, East Coast Of India: An Overview On Evolution And Dynamic Processes" (PDF). Dept. of Geology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-10-29.
- ^ Bay of Bengal pilot. Hydrographic Office, Admiralty. 1887. p. 144.
- ^ page 13 of Puri By Lewis Sydney Steward O'Malley, Monmohan Chakravarti
- ^ Land and people of Indian states and union territories in 36 volumes Volume
- ^ A study on industrial growth along coast line of Orissa and its undesirable effect on environment using GIS - an Olive Ridley (sea turtle) perspective
- ^ Nesting of Olive Ridleys unlikely along Orissa coast
- ^ Hundreds of dead turtles litter Orissa beach[dead link]
- ^ Indian Affairs Annual 2005 By Mahendra Gaur