Kathajodi River

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Kathajodi River is an arm of the Mahanadi River in Odisha, India. It branches off at Naraj, then immediately is bifurcated. The southern branch, known as Kuakhai, which means Crow's pool, flows into the Puri district. Its mouth is closed by a bar, so that little water flows into it except at flood times. A little further down from Cuttack the Kathajodi is bifurcated. The right branch is the Sidhua and the left branch the Khatajodi. After flowing divided for 17 km the Khatajodi and Sidhua merge. The merger area is known as Odisha famous Dalei Ghai. The Kathajodi and the Sidhua create an island known as 42 Mouza. it is about 2 km from Cuttack town. Again the Kathajodi is bifurcated at Gobindpur; the right branch is known as the Devi and the left branch as the Biluakhai. Flowing in the northerly direction, the river Kathajodi again divides into the Alaka and Kathajodi proper, which have been cut off at their head by the Devi left embankment. The water originally carried by them has been diverted into the Devi. The river Kathajodi is said to have been originally a comparatively small stream. Its name implies that it could at one time be crossed by a plank of wood known as katha in Odia. During the last century the volume of water passing down its channel increased considerably and the head of the river became too large to carry off the enormous volume of water poured into it by Mah

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