Chakra River

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The Chakra River is a river flowing through Kundapur and Gungolli in western India. It joins with the Souparnika River, Varahi River and Kubja River known as Panchagangavali river and merges into the Arabian Sea.

The Chakra nagar is a small town which is famous because of this river.[ citation needed ]Chakranagar is on the way to Shivamogga from Mangaluru via Mastikatte, Nagara. There is also a Chakra dam which was built long ago as a balancing reservoir and does not have sluice gate to the Linganamakki Dam. Special permission is needed to visit this dam.[ citation needed ] The Chakra Dam was a KPC[ clarification needed ] project and the chief engineer was B Seetharam.

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