Mula River (India)

Mula
River
Mula River as viewed from Harris Bridge
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
Region	Deccan Plateau
District	Pune
Tributaries
- left	Pawana River
- right	Mutha River
Cities	Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune
Landmarks	Mulshi Dam, Pune City
Source
- location	Pune District, Pune, Sahyadri

The Mula is a river in Pune, India. It is dammed near the Western Ghats at the Mulshi Dam that forms the Mulshi Lake. Further downstream, in Pune city, it merges with the Pawana River on the left bank and Mutha River on the right bank to form the Mula-Mutha river, which later meets the Bhima River.

The river forms the boundary between the limits of the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation and the Pune Municipal Corporation along the Old Pune–Mumbai Highway.

There are several bridges crossing the river. The Rajiv Gandhi Bridge connecting Pune to Ravet crosses the river at Aundh. The Harris Bridge crosses at Dapodi.

The Holkar bridge crosses the river near Khadki.

The Sangam Bridge crosses the Mutha River at Sangamwadi, just before their merger.

In 2010, areas surrounding the river experienced flash floods due to high levels of pollution and garbage dumped into the river.

The College of Engineering, Pune (CoEP) holds an annual boating festival at the river near its premises. In 2012, it was found that the river was not navigable from Khadki to CoEP because the Maharashtra Natural Gas Limited had obstructed the flow of the river by constructing a mud path to lay a pipeline.

In 2013, it was reported that there were dead fish in the river near Wakad. The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation did not determine pollution in the river as the cause.

Due to high levels of pollution, including 125 MLD of untreated sewerage water being discharged into the river by the Pune Municipal Corporation, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board has classified the water quality to be of Class-IV.