The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Principal Bench, New Delhi, recently dismissed an appeal challenging the cancellation of environmental clearance granted for sand mining in the river Dhasan in Jhansi district.
About Dhasan River:
It is a right bank tributary of the Betwa River, which itself is a tributary of the Yamuna.
It flows in the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
Course:
The river originates in Madhya Pradesh and forms the southeastern boundary of the Lalitpur District of Uttar Pradesh.
The river was known as the Dasharna in the ancient period.
Lehchura Dam is built on this river. It is primarily an irrigation dam providing water for agricultural use via the Dhasan Canal System (DCS).
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