On 11 August 1979, the Machchhu-2 dam, situated on the river, failed, sending a wall of water through the city of Morbi.

Estimates of the number of people killed vary greatly, ranging from 1,800 to 25,000.

[2][3][4][5] On 30 October 2022, a suspension bridge in the city of Morbi that crossed the river collapsed.

The accident occurred just four days after the bridge was reopened following repairs.

[6] In 1984, a Gujarati film named Machchu Tara Vaheta Pani starring Upendra Trivedi, Arvind Trivedi, Chandrakant Pandya, Narayan Rajgor, Minal Patel, and Kamini Bhatia was released which was directed by Vibhakar Mehta.