Sabari river

Context: The habitat of 25 migrant fisherfolk comprises four house boats and as many temporary houses on the sands of Sabari.

• For nearly two decades, the sacred river Sabari and a group of four migrant fisherfolk families have remained steadfast companions near Chintoor village along the tri-State border of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Chattisgarh in East Godavari Agency.
• The strong survival skills of the fisherfolk motivated them to make the river their permanent home by developing a tiny settlement by it.

Sabari River

• It is one of the main tributaries of Godavari.
• It originates from the western slopes of Eastern Ghats in Odisha state from Sinkaram hill ranges at 1370 m MSL.
• It is also known as Kolab river in Odisha.
• It forms common boundary between Chhattisgarh and Odisha states and later enters into Andhra Pradesh to merge with River Godavari.
• Sileru River (known as Machkund in its upper reaches) is the major tributary of Sabari, which joins Sabari river at tri-junction boundary point of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/companions-of-the-sacred-sabari-on-tri-state-border/article33475225.ece