Sabarmati

Course

The Sabarmati River originates in the Aravalli Range of the Indian state of Rajasthan. The river has a total length of 371 km (231 mi). After flowing for 48 km (30 mi) in Rajasthan it enters the state of Gujarat where it is joined by its left-bank tributary, Wakal, near the village Ghonpankhari. The river then continues southwest towards Mhauri, where it is joined by the right-bank tributary the Sei River. Before entering the Dharoi Reservoir, the river is joined by the left-bank tributary Harnav River. After the Sabarmati passes the Dharoi dam it meets another left bank tributary, the Hathmati River.. The river then flows past Ahmedabad, where it is joined by the left-bank tributary the Vatrak River. The Sabarmati eventually flows into the Gulf of Khambhat, in the Arabian Sea.

History

Rajashekhara's Kavya-mimamsa (10th century) calls the river Shvabhravati (IAST: Śvabhravatī). The 11th century text Shringara-manjari-katha calls it "Sambhramavati" (literally, "full of fickleness").

Jain acharya Buddhisagarsuri has written many poems about the Sabarmati River.

During India's independence struggle, Mahatma Gandhi established the Sabarmati Ashram as his home on the banks of this river.

In 2018, an assessment by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) named the Kheroj-Vautha stretch of the Sabarmati among the most polluted river stretches in India. Ahmedabad civic body's failure to build a sewage treatment plant in Motera resulted in further pollution of the river water.