The Daman Ganga is a river in western India. The river's headwaters are on the western slope of the Western Ghats range, and it flows west into the Arabian Sea. The river flows through Maharashtra and Gujarat states, as well as the Union territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. The towns of Dadra and Silvassa lie on the north bank of the river, and the town of Daman occupies both banks of the river's estuary. The Western Ghats or Sahyadri mountains run along the western edge of Indias Deccan Plateau, and separate the plateau from a narrow coastal plain along the Arabian Sea. ... The Arabian Sea is the part of the Indian Ocean between the Arabian Peninsula and India. ... Maharashtra (महाराष्ट्र) is a state in west-central India. ... Gujarat (ગુજરાત in Gujarati) is the most industrialized state in India after Maharashtra and is located in western India, bordered by Pakistan to the northwest and Rajasthan to the north. ... A union territory is an administrative division of India. ... Daman and Diu is a union territory in India. ... Dadra and Nagar Haveli is a Union Territory in western India. ... Dadra and Nagar Haveli is a Union Territory in western India. ... Silvassa is the capital of the Indian Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli sandwitched between the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat. ... Daman may mean: Daman and Diu, a formerly-Portuguese territory of India Daman, a philosopher of ancient Greece This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Estuaries and coastal waters are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth, providing numerous ecological, economic, cultural, and aesthetic benefits and services. ...
The Government of India's National Water Development Authority (NWDA) has proposed the Daman Ganga-Pinjal River Linking Project, which would build a new aqueduct linking the Daman Ganga river to the Pinjal River to the south, allowing water from the Daman Ganga to be diverted south to Mumbai via the Pinjal. In April 2003 the state government of Gujarat raised objections to the proposal. Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the most populous Indian city. ...
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State objects to Daman Ganga-Pinjal river-linking project (Express India, 19 April 2003) (http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=49633)
Formerly a major part of the British Empire as the British Raj before gaining independence in 1947, during the past twenty years the country has grown significantly, especially in its economic and military spheres, regionally as well as globally.
India is home to several major rivers such as the Ganga (Ganges), the Brahmaputra, the Yamuna, the Godavari, and the Krishna.
The rivers are responsible for the fertile plains in northern India which are conducive to farming.
Daman, also known as Damão, is an enclave on the western coast of India, surrounded by Valsad district of Gujarat on the north, east and south and the Arabian Sea to the west.
Daman lies at the mouth of the DamanGangaRiver.
It is also famous for its beach, Portuguese architecture, and church, and for the scenic beauty in the twin cities...
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