Sukapaika River

In Context

  • Recently, the NGT has directed the state government of Odisha to revive Sukapaika River within 6 months.

About Sukapaika River

  • Sukapaika is one of the several distributaries of the mighty Mahanadi river in Odisha.
  • It branches away from the Mahanadi at Ayatpur village in Cuttack district and flows for about 40 kilometers (km) before rejoining its parent river at Tarapur in the same district.
  • It covers three blocks such as Cuttack Sadar, Raghunathpur and Nichintakoili of Cuttack.
  • Sukapaika river is an important system of the Mahanadi to control floodwater and maintain the flow in the river as well as the Bay of Bengal.

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