Pahuj River is a river flowing through the city of

Jhansi Jhansi (; Hindi: झांसी, Urdu: ) is a historic city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It lies in the region of Bundelkhand on the banks of the Pahuj River, in the extreme south of Uttar Pradesh. Jhansi is the administrative hea ...

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. It has been referred as the ''Pushpavati'' in religious texts. It is a small and dry river which passes through the

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. It flows through the region of Bundelkhand region and a plays a major part in dividing the border of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Generally it flows at a heavy water level outside its banks in the monsoon season but drastically can also go dry or with very little flow in the summers. Nowadays many electric plants in Uttar pradesh are discharging its waste in it due to which the water of the river getting contaminated day by day and also

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at the banks of it is causing its state deteriorating day by day. The river is approx 195 km from its origin to mouth.

Sources

It originates near the hills of Jhansi or in

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district of Madhya Pradesh. It is a tributary of the

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, which joins the

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, just after the

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confluence with the Yamuna river.

Dam

Due to the construction of Pahuj dam near Jhansi, the river has increased its water level. Rivers of Madhya Pradesh Rivers of India {{India-river-stub