Aji River (Gujarat)

The Aji River is one of the main rivers of the Saurashtra region in Gujarat, India. It separates Rajkot into east-west parts. There are four dams on the river, the water from which is used for agriculture and as drinking water.

Rajkot - Aji I Reservoir Rajkot - Aji II Reservoir Padadhari - Aji III Reservoir Jodiya - Aji IV Reservoir

The Rajkot Municipal Corporation has started a project for the purification of Aji River and to provide retaining walls and plantations at both ends. Originating from the hilly areas of Sardhar and Hingolgadh, it has a length of 250 km and flows into the Gulf of Kutch. Some of the major tributaries of Aji are the Nyari, Khokaldadi, Bhankudi & Dondi rivers originating from the hills of Sardhar near Atkot. There are major irrigation projects on Aji, but none of them support any canal systems for irrigation. In June 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the filling of the Aji dam near Rajkot under Saurashtra Narmada Avtaran Irrigation (SAUNI).

Flows through: India.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.