Gandak river

• Recently, under Namami Gange Program, the development of river front on Gandak River in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar has been undertaken and two Ghats have been constructed.
• River Gandak was declared as National Waterway (NW)-37 from Bhaisalotan Barrage to Gandak and Ganga River confluence at Hajipur, Bihar along with 111 NWs in the country vide National Waterways Act, 2016.

About Gandak

• The river Gandak, is also known as the Gandaki and Narayani River in Nepal.
• Valmiki National Park and Tiger Reserve in Bihar is located on the banks of Gandak.
• The river Gandak originates at an altitude of 7620 m above main sea level in the north of Dhaulagisi in Tibet near Nepal border.
• The river stretches over a length of 630 kilometers, with 445 kilometers running through India and 185 kilometers in Nepal.
• The Gandak River has a total drainage basin area of 29,705 square kilometers.
• The river flows through the Indian states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, and joins the Ganges near Patna just downstream of Hajipur.
• The major tributaries of the Gandak River include the Mayangadi, Bari, Trisuli, Panchand, Sarhad, Budhi Gandak.