Rini (
Garhwali : Raini and Reni) is a village in
Chamoli district
Chamoli district is a district of the Uttarakhand state of India. It is bounded by China's Xizang Autonomous Region to the north, and by the Uttarakhand districts of Pithoragarh district, Pithoragarh and Bageshwar district, Bageshwar to the eas ...
in
Uttarakhand
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, north
India
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. Rini is located on the river banks at the
confluence
In geography, a confluence (also ''conflux'') occurs where two or more watercourses join to form a single channel (geography), channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main ...
of
Rishi Ganga and
Dhauli Ganga rivers.
Location
Rini is on the southern embankment of the Rishi Ganga and Dhauli Ganga
gorge
A canyon (; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), gorge or chasm, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosion, erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tend ...
, directly at the northwestern edge of
Nanda Devi National Park. Traffic connection is via the Joshimath-Malari Road, next localities are Tapovan to the west and Lata to the east.
History
The 1973
Chipko movement for forest conservation started in Rini.
On 7 February 2021, Rini was severely struck during the
2021 Uttarakhand flood. The flood supposedly emerged from or near
Nanda Devi glacier and ran downstream the Rishi Ganga gorge, destroying the
Rishi Ganga Dam and power plant, before hitting the village.
A report by the Uttarakhand Disaster Recovery Initiative subsequently advised for the village to be rehabilitated due to "serious slope stability problems".
Famous residents
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Gaura Devi
See also
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Joshimath, next largest city, downstream Dhauli Ganga
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Tapovan Vishnugad Hydropower Plant
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Dhauliganga Dam
External links
Node: Reni (7833070518)
References
Cities and towns in Chamoli district
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