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Key Facts about Sharda River

Feb. 8, 2026

The Uttarakhand Chief Minister recently laid the foundation stone of the Sharda river corridor at Tanakpur in Champawat district.

About Sharda River:

  • It is a transboundary river of northern India and western Nepal.
  • Course:
    • It rises as the Kali River in far northern Uttarakhand in the Great Himalayas on the eastern slopes of the Nanda Devi massif.
  • Its major tributaries are the Dhauliganga, Goriganga, and Sarju.
  • The Sharda Barrage (dam), near Banbasa (Uttarakhand), is the source of the Sharda Canal (completed 1930), one of the longest irrigation canals in northern India.

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