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Piling sand at Chitroptala river mouth worries locals
The New Indian Express Sambalpur
|March 10, 2025
WITH summer approaching, people residing in Mahanadi-Chitroptala and Luna-Chitroptala deltaic regions have raised concerns over severe water crisis as the Chitroptala river passing through the area has started to dry up due to accumulation of sand at its mouth.
One of the main distributaries of Mahanadi river, Chitroptala starts from Guali in Salepur and bifurcates after 14 km at Mandan near Nemalo Tinimuhani in Nischintakoili thereby generating its distributary Luna.
This story is from the March 10, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Sambalpur.
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