Shivnath River


Shivnath River is the longest tributary of Mahanadi River, which it joins in Khargahni in Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh, India. It has a total course of. The name comes for the god Shiva in Hinduism.

Course

The river flows in the north-east direction for from its source and joins the Mahanadi River near the town Shivrinarayan.

Sale

The river was sold by the government of Madhya Pradesh to Radius Water Limited in 1998, to much controversy by locals. Arvind Kejriwal discussed this controversy in his book Swaraj.